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Why ‘Dig For Victory’ is vital in 2020… #GrowYourOwnaForCorona
12.06.2023 - 10:05 / growlikegrandad.co.uk
In 1939 at the advent of World War Two there were only 46 million people in Britain and the majority of vegetables were not imported from overseas. Indeed there wasn’t any large scale vegetable rationing during the entire war, only on foods like butter, meat and eggs. Supplies of other food ingredients such as bananas and oranges were hugely disrupted. The government of the day launched the well-known ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign to encourage us to dig up our lawns and village greens and turn them over to fruit and vegetable growing. This was largely to try and increase the amount of available food, to compensate for other things and not because of widespread vegetable shortages.
Fast forward 80 years and in 2020 an unbelievable 85% of our vegetables are imported from the EU for a UK population almost 50% greater than that of 1939. The impact of the COVID-19 virus will likely be felt by global agriculture in terms of labour shortages, which will affect sowing, harvesting/picking and transportation in all countries. This raises some important questions:
Clearly if we’re going to be short of 85% of our vegetables through the summer of 2020 we’re looking at a serious fresh veg problem. Rationing can be expected, perhaps given the situation with empty supermarket shelves rationing is not a bad idea. However, there is one bit of good news….
A lot of people new to grow your own will think that it’s complicated, I’m telling you that it’s not, I started as a boy. It’s also fun, healthy for mind and body and gives you a great isolation or lockdown activity. You’ll need things to do if you’re stuck at home for months on end, especially with energy filled children.
If you want to avoid lengthy queues for food if and when rationing comes
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