And how being arrested for hording and having everything you had put up taken away was such fun!
How you raised a pig on garden scraps and the government took half.
How people got shot for daring to tell the government that the land they wanted sown with wheat was too hilly and rocky for anything but raising animals.
How you had to get permission to make cheese from the spoiled milk from your own cows.
World War II did not make them more self reliant, it made them turn to the government for everything.
in what country are you referring?
The Coupons came out in ‘40 for sugar and butter along with a free pint of milk for every child under 5 (that’s where set-aside jars of jam came in - sugar). The DigForVictory program of ‘41 mandated every adult have an allotment planted with veggies. Magazines ran articles on preserving food and making coats from drapes (heavy fabric was available but extra ration points were needed to purchase it). All manner of farmyard animals were raised in back yards - in London. There were programs to send children to the countryside, but it wasn’t because of lack of food but because of the bombings. Shops stayed open because being Brits, they would never surrender to bombs. Grocers drove to the country to buy produce and meat to bring back to their corner shops. There was no real need for ‘hoarding’, and I’ve never heard of anyone shot in London for failing to give up their baking soda, nor did the government confiscate the produce of the Victory Gardens, although they may have purchased a bit. The main “food” arrests were for improper use of rations. And that usually ended in a large fine or points deducted from your rations, along with a stern lecture from the magistrate about the honor and dignity of an Englishman.
I have Civil War family letters about their horses and livestock being taken by the troops and they were left with nothing.