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title: Grow Your Own Food [2]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-grow-your-own-food-hmso-1939/
description: A narrow strip poster shows the slogan 'grow your own' on a signboard planted in a field, with the word 'food' spelled out in turnip and leek shapes under
section: Collection
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# Grow Your Own Food [2]

A narrow strip poster shows the slogan 'grow your own' on a signboard planted in a field, with the word 'food' spelled out in turnip and leek shapes under a blue sky. It carries no argument beyond the instruction; the tell is the wordplay of making the produce itself form the word.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
grow your own food

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH & CROSS LTD., LONDON

[signature:] ZERO
```

[← Every Available Piece of Land Must Be Cultivated - Grow Your Own Food - Supply Your Own Cookhouse](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-grow-your-own-food-cookhouse-games-1939/) [Grow Your Own Food \[1\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-grow-your-own-food-zero-1939/)

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