Victory Garden Alliance Inspires Americans to Grow Their Own Produce

From her New Jersey home, Jacqueline Capriotti envisions a symbolic return to 1945, when many Americans grew their own food and were called upon to support the war effort by creating “victory gardens.” During World War II, more than 20 million registered victory gardens sprouted across the United States. By 1945, these gardens produced 40 percent of the nation’s fresh produce. The majority were tended by women, children, and seniors while many younger men were fighting on the European and Pacific fronts. Front yards became vegetable patches, school playgrounds sprouted rows of beans, and churchyards turned into fields of lettuce and potatoes. In 2024, Capriotti founded the Victory Garden Alliance, which she told The Epoch Times is “a nonprofit organization that she is confident will become a nationwide movement.”...