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title: Save Food for World Relief
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-food-for-world-relief-1918/
description: A pencil-style drawing shows a bowed woman in a headscarf and a child among ruined walls and a broken cart, above the headline 'Save Food for World
section: Collection
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# Save Food for World Relief

A pencil-style drawing shows a bowed woman in a headscarf and a child among ruined walls and a broken cart, above the headline 'Save Food for World Relief'. Three lines list small kitchen wastes, then state that 'the total waste is staggering' and ask the reader to 'Eat Less, Waste Nothing'. The tell: a scene of war-ruined civilians is set against ordinary household leftovers, linking a small domestic act to distant suffering.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SAVE FOOD
FOR WORLD RELIEF

That crust of bread you wasted-
That bit of meat you nibbled and left-
That plate of left-overs that are spoiling-

Each is small in itself-but the total waste is staggering. You can help.

Eat Less - Waste Nothing

UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Illinois Educational Division
CHICAGO
```

[← Save, Buy for Victory: War Savings Stamps for Sale Here](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-buy-for-victory-war-saving-stamps-for-sale-here-1918/) [Save Seed for Victory →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-seed-for-victory-1918/)

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