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United States Food Administration
Created to help steer the nation’s food supply during World War I, this U.S. agency published practical guides, posters, and conservation advice aimed at homes, shops, and communities across the country. Its work became closely tied to the era’s “food will win the war” message and to nationwide campaigns around saving wheat, meat, and sugar.
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Food Guide for War Service at Home Prepared under the direction of the United States Food Administration in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Education, with a preface by Herbert Hoover
by United States Food Administration, Katharine Blunt, Florence Powdermaker, Frances Lucy Swain
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The United States Food Administration was an independent federal agency that operated from 1917 to 1920, during the First World War. It was set up to oversee food production, distribution, and conservation in the United States, and it became one of the most visible parts of the wartime home-front effort.
Rather than being a single writer in the usual sense, it functioned as a government author for a wide range of pamphlets, posters, circulars, and household guides. Many of its publications focused on practical everyday choices—how to save ingredients, plan meals, and support the broader wartime supply system.
The agency is also strongly associated with Herbert Hoover, who led it and helped shape its public message. Today, works credited to the United States Food Administration offer a vivid look at how public information, patriotism, and food policy came together in wartime America.