by Edward Previc
Spring! Planting time! Have you ever, dear reader, grown your own vegetable garden? During World Wars I & II, millions of Americans became “backyard farmers”. Government agencies, private foundations, businesses, schools, and seed companies worked together to provide seeds, instruction, and land for individuals and communities to plant vegetable gardens in their backyards, churchyards, city parks, and playgrounds, in diverse shapes and sizes. These produced abundant food for the folks at home and for troops overseas.
