Dig for...Plenty

This World War II-era poster urges Britons to "Dig for Plenty" by growing their own vegetables in home gardens. Part of the larger "Dig for Victory" campaign that ran in Britain throughout the war, the poster stresses the benefits of growing one's own food, thus preventing scarcity and keeping food prices down. Individuals and families without backyards or private gardens were encouraged to get "allotments," small parcels of land leased for a nominal rent on which they could grow vegetables and other foodstuffs.

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