Victory garden

Urban Farm DB summary

A Wikipedia article on 'victory gardens' — vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at homes and in public parks during World War I and II to supplement food rations and boost civilian morale. In the US during WWI, over 5 million gardens were established, with produce valued at more than $1.2 billion by war's end. In WWII, the US had 18 million victory gardens by May 1943 (12 million urban, 6 million farm-based), accounting for about one-third of US vegetable production; in 1944, 9-10 million short tons were harvested, matching total commercial fresh-vegetable production. In Britain, allotments roughly doubled to about 1.4 million by 1943.

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• 5,000,000 gardens

  garden count(victory gardens ww1)

  Yield

  region

  United States

  year

  1917-1919

• 18,000,000 gardens

  garden count(victory gardens ww2)

  Yield

  region

  United States

  year

  1943-05

• 33 %

  share of national vegetable production(victory gardens ww2)

  Yield

  region

  United States

  year

  1943-1944

• 1,400,000 plots↑ Increase

  allotment count(uk allotments ww2)

  YieldControl: pre-war allotment count roughly doubled by 1943

  region

  United Kingdom

  year

  1943

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