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Act passed in 1917, also known as the Lever Act, to help conserve food, creating the US Food Administration and US Fuel Administration.

Federal act that limited crop production in order to raise prices of crops due to the current surplus.

Propaganda created by the U.S. Food Administration to promote conservation of food.

Members of the Farmers’ Holiday Association create a roadblock in Sioux City in 1932 to stop the sale of goods from farmers who were not participating in the populist revolt known as the Farmers’ Holiday Strike.

Act passed by the Wilson Administration in 1916 in order to increase credit for rural farmers.

Poster the US Food Administration created in attempts to persuade the American population to conserve food for the War.

A newspaper ad that is trying to get Americans to buy lots to plant victory gardens. The newspaper also argues that victory gardens need to continue on after the War.

Poster to persuade Americans to plant a garden and make their own food.

A picture of victory gardeners with the crops they have produced to support the efforts for WWII.