The Government called on farmers to grow more food and they succeeded with the help of women, land girls and prisoners of war.

Originally founded in 1917, the Women’s Land Army was re-established in the Second World War, and by 1943 its members produced the vast majority of Britain’s wartime food.

The government also introduced a Dig for Victory campaign that called for every man and woman in Britain to keep an allotment. Lawns and flower-beds were turned into vegetable gardens. Over ten million instructional leaflets were distributed to the British people. The propaganda campaign was successful and it was estimated that over 1,400,000 people had allotments.