What We Can Learn From ‘Dig for Victory’, Britain’s World War Two Revolution in Food Production

From mile-high to mile-free, from the colonies to the backyard

Dig For Victory- Life on a Wartime Allotment, Acton, Middlesex, England, 1940. Image courtesy of the Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, via Wikimedia Commons

During most of World War Two, Britain was under a food siege. Before the war, 75% of the British food supply came from their colonies. The Nazi leadership was aware of this, and they were able to…