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title: Grow More Food (National Food Campaign)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ceylon-grow-more-food-1944/
description: A smiling man in a headcloth shoulders a hoe above a heap of grain, maize, pumpkin, aubergine and beans, beside the letters 'Grow more food' under
section: Collection
---

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# Grow More Food (National Food Campaign)

A smiling man in a headcloth shoulders a hoe above a heap of grain, maize, pumpkin, aubergine and beans, beside the letters 'Grow more food' under a 'National Food Campaign' banner. The tell for plain-folks is the cheerful working cultivator as the model for the request; the sheet states no figures or reasons.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
NATIONAL FOOD CAMPAIGN
GROW
MORE
FOOD
ISSUED BY THE DEPT. OF CIVIL DEFENCE

[imprint:] J. N. A 34333-17,000 (1/44). GOVT. PRESS, COLOMBO.
```

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