Eat Less and Let Us Be Thankful That We Have Enough to Share With Those Who Fight for Freedom

A still-life of corn, root vegetables, fruit, a basket and pumpkins frames a cream panel reading 'Eat less and let us be thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom.' The harvest imagery carries a thanksgiving mood onto a request to eat less. The tell is the abundance shown: plenty is presented as the reason to give up a share, and 'freedom' stands in for the specific shipments.

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Date: 1917
Period: First World War
Made by: U.S. Food Administration
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Wilson Administration
Leader: Woodrow Wilson
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes: Home front, War and the military
Event: World War I
Regime: Wilson administration
Leader: Woodrow Wilson
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights: NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
U.S. Food Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-131.

Text on the object

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

Eat less

and let us be
thankful that
we have enough
to share with
those who fight
for freedom

[seal: U.S. Food Administration]

[...]ITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATI[...]

The lowest line is cut off by the edge of the scan; the visible letters match 'UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION'.