Anonymous ID: 228c19 Aug. 24, 2026, 12:12 p.m. No.24968967   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Although the United States did not have food rationing in World War I, it relied heavily on propaganda campaigns to persuade people to curb their food consumption. Propaganda was targeted disproportionally towards middle class white women, and their organization provided some of the most substantial support for Hoover's program to limit consumption.[2] Women's groups, like the Women's committees of the State Council of Defense, organized in a variety of ways to try to provide relief from the shortages. In Wisconsin, they organized to can and preserve the food that grew in the gardens of unoccupied houses.[3] Some states also implemented their own programs to help conserve foods which were in limited supply due to the war. In Wisconsin, the Council of Defense asked wholesale bakers to sign a pledge to keep bread on the shelves for longer durations.[3]

 

The U.S. Food Administration encouraged children to consume other types of grain, and not wheat cereals during World War I.

Food conservation, as the US government called it, was seen as an act of patriotism. People were encouraged to keep victory gardens or shop locally in order to conserve transportation for the war effort. People were also encouraged to participate in 'Meatless Mondays', and when meat was served, all parts of the animal were to be eaten, including the offal. Wheat alternatives were encouraged, such as barley, corn, oats and hominy.