Independencegarden.org
Independence from:
Oil Consumption
Petrochemicals
Imported Oil and Big Oil Company Influences on YOUR Economy
Rising Food Prices
Promoting:
Lower Carbon Footprint
Exercise
Healthy Foods
Community Spirit
Reduced Pressure on a Worldwide Food Shortage
In the spirit of the Victory Garden program during World War II, independencegarden.org is promoting the planting of home and community vegetable and fruit gardens to help you and your planet.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the US Secretary of Agriculture, Claude, R. Wickard , came up with the idea of the “Victory Garden”. By 1943 over 20.5 million Victory Gardens produced more than 40% of the vegetables eaten in the United States. The US Federal Government gave away over 18 billion canning jars to help the effort! The population was eating healthier foods and taking the burden of food consumption off of the war effort.
With the rising cost of fuel, food, and petrochemicals in both direct and social costs, it only makes sense to produce food in your own yard or a local community garden.
A recent news article claimed that we are currently sending 1/3 of our corn production to our gas tanks. This is creating a world food shortage that will critically effect over 100 million people worldwide.
Join us by starting a grass roots movement to tell Washington we are tired of the $4.00 and $5.00 gallon of gas, and we want to reduce our fuel consumption by planting our own Independence Garden.
email the White House about your Independence Garden They may not respond, but you will be heard. This goes to Dick Cheney's staff. He runs the place.
email us about your Independence Garden
Links:
Infomation on the sucess of the Victory Garden
1944 USDA Video on The Victory Garden
Book: Garden Steps; a Manual for the Amature in Vegetable Gardening c1917
(Some things never go out of style!)
Cold Weather Vegetable Gardening......University of Idaho
Victory Gardens Handbook, 1944
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