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During World War II, Britain faced food shortages. German submarines (U-boats) targeted merchant ships transporting food to England. So the British government encouraged its citizens to grow cabbage and other vegetables. #34;Dig for Victory," declared the Minister of Agriculture.
Allotments, or citizen farms, were set up everywhere on unused land. Wherever there was surplus land, it was changed to Allotments, including land near the railroad tracks. The Vegetable Grower's Handbook, published at the time, made this appeal to its readers.
In 1939, our country imported 8.5 million tons of food from abroad, and in 1942, only 130,000 tons. No wonder the government is encouraging people to produce their own food at home."
-- Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
Incidentally, even during World War I, Britain faced food shortages due to economic sanctions imposed by Germany, which encouraged citizens to make allotments.
When growing vegetables on allotments, a kind of small version of a plastic greenhouse called a cloche was developed, which increased the farm's production. It was believed that the use of a cloche would double the vegetable harvest without increasing the number of fields and shorten the growing season by several weeks, making fresh vegetables available all year round.
The image is from the present day.
Farms were also built at schools, where children grew and harvested cabbage and other vegetables as part of their classes. They later became the new postwar generation of farmers.
In addition, the consumption of cabbage and other vegetables during the war improved the diet of most citizens and reduced obesity. It was also thanks to citizen farms that the British people became so much healthier.
