Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Sowing the Seeds of Victory -- Introduction: Summary of the National War Gardening Effort -- One: The Garden Revolution -- Two: In the Furrows of Freedom -- Three: The United States School Garden Army -- Four: Propaganda, Posters, Promotion and Memory -- Five: The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women -- Six: "Sisters of the Soil": The Woman's Land Army of America -- Seven: Mobilization for Nutritional Defense -- Conclusion: Demobilization, the Trajectory of the Programs and Public Policy Implications for Today -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Sometimes, to move forward, we must look back. Gardening activity during American involvement in World War I (1917-1919) is vital to understanding and informing our current work in agriculture and food systems. Although many Americans are familiar with the Victory Gardens of World War II, few realize that their origins lie in the Liberty Garden program that enjoyed widespread participation during World War I. This book examines three programs: the National War Garden Commission, the United States School Garden Army, and the Woman's Land Army (which some women used to press for suffrage). The u
