Domestic food specifics.....

[rcaf_777]

I wondering if you see victory gardens like in WWII, I mean would there be rationing before the Nuclear exchange?

[.45cultist]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

I wondering if you see victory gardens like in WWII, I mean would there be rationing before the Nuclear exchange?

Independence, Missouri still has victory garden laws that include waivers for poultry and other small animals. Also urban areas encourage community gardens and farmers markets. Victory gardens increase food and make people feel like they are doing something useful. Rationing depends on which system, T2K V1,2 yes, conventional war for years. T2013, not really enough time before the bombs, so rationing would result from the disruptions caused by the bombs, so perhaps a little more stuff out there. Victory gardens with poultry, rabbits and a few goats might be quite a resource.

[unkated]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

I wondering if you see victory gardens like in WWII, I mean would there be rationing before the Nuclear exchange?

I think you would see it ramping up; by spring 1998, I could see the prices of food running higher and higher (like beef this year), and more people putting in a garden just to save some money. I could also see official encouragement by the governments of the belligerent nations to encourage this, as

1. The Governments are buying food for their soldiers (and I can see the US and Canada supplying a China and Germany disrupted by war).
2. Governments are using more of their domestic transport resources to support the war effort (in the US, fewer trains available to ship lettuce from the Imperial Valley in California to east coast food markets).

Uncle Ted

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

I wondering if you see victory gardens like in WWII, I mean would there be rationing before the Nuclear exchange?

while how severe the rationing would be is mostly dependant on the timeline there would certainly be some. fuel rationing would also lead to food shortages in some areas further encouraging people to take their diet into their own hands. with luck the resultant system would look more like what the british did during and after WW2 rather than what usually happens.

granted looking at this menu the food would get really dull really quick.
http://www.inrange.tv/british-rationing-recipes/