By: frances heywood

frances heywood
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:00:08 +0000

In reply to Bitethehand.

I know all about this, having researched it extensively. During WW2 my father worked for the Ministry of Food, which was outposted to North Wales. It was a huge, and successful, effort, by the best nutritionists and experts to ensure that everyone, especially pregnant mothers and infants, got the required level of calories etc. The country couldn’t rely on food imports.
Land, and peoples’ gardens, were turned over to growing vegetables. Farmers were key. Although there was a black market, rationing generally worked, because the population knew the importance of working together to fight the enemy.
The situation today is not comparable. During the War, people put up with not seeing a banana for 5 years, but today, there would be meltdown if people couldn’t get avocadoes or taramasalata.