Rural Women Recruited for 'Food for Freedom' Campaign, 1943

From the March, 1943, issue of Carolina Co-operator

Rural women of the Carolinas will be given an opportunity to sign pledges guaranteeing a plentiful supply of homegrown food for their families in 1943 during a roll call to be held March 1 to 20 in connection with the national “Food for Freedom” campaign.

Home Demonstration Club women, with the assistance of neighborhood leaders, will visit every family in the rural districts of North Carolina in furtherance of the roll call, according to Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, assistant home agent at N.C. State College.

The goal of the campaign is for every rural family to produce about a ton a year of the right kind of foods for every member of the family.