Hello All. Anyone interested in compiling a list of all the reasons why we should bring back the Victory Garden and then collaberatively add any hard evidence that we come across over time? This way we could potentially create a great referance pool of facts and figures that any of us could draw from. I'll go ahead and start with some reasons why we should bring it back and then if anyone has more reasons or information/ supporting evidence for those reasons (especially from any scholarly studies) that they are inclined to add, please do!
1)It would bring down the cost of food and make organic food more widely accessible.
2)it would give Americans the missing holistic perspective of where their food comes from
3)it could potentially bring down carbon emissions
4)it would lesson our dependance on oil
5)it could potentially bring down the high rate of diebetes in this country
anything else? any supporting evidence? :)
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Hey, Eve...I saw this site and it made me think of you:
http://www.foodroutes.org/blcsheets.jsp
Granted, they're making the case for BUYING local rather than GROWING local. But there's some overlap, I think, worth exploring as we move VGA forward.
Also, I was re-reading Amy Bentley's book and the notion of how the WWII-era gardens were really and aggressively tied to patriotism stood out. At the risk of sounding self-serving...my own blog IS about tying victory gardens to patriotism...I'm increasingly inclined to believe that THAT is the ticket that will persuade most people.
I may be wrong of course, but thought that I'd throw that out there.
'Course if Roger's wonderful Eat the View initiative takes off and succeeds at getting a garden on the First Lawn, that case will be almost effortless to make!
Sorry I can't give you scholarly specs...have you tried ERIC database or a Lexis/Nexis or other library search?
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