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title: Wilt not, waste not, fresh vegetables
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/wilt-not-waste-not-fresh-vegetables-1942/
description: 'Fight Food Waste in the home chart no. 6: three photographs of hands washing greens, carrots and lima beans, with cartoon asparagus, celery, corn.'
section: Collection
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# Wilt not, waste not, fresh vegetables

Fight Food Waste in the home chart no. 6: three photographs of hands washing greens, carrots and lima beans, with cartoon asparagus, celery, corn, peas and beans and short storage rules. The technique is faint: friendly cartoon vegetables and plain kitchen hands present the task as ordinary routine.

## 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

```
wilt not-waste not... FRESH VEGETABLES
- Wash salad greens.... drain.... store in vegetable pan.... keep cold.
To freshen
....keep our feet wet
- Trim non-edible parts from tender roots or cooking greens.
- Wash.... drain.... put in covered pan.... keep cold.
To hold the sweet in....
Corn, Peas, Lima Beans
keep cold.... let stay in pod or husk unless you can store tightly covered in refrigerator.
[emblem:] FOOD FOR FREEDOM
FIGHT FOOD WASTE in the home
BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
6
[imprint:] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., Price 25c per set of 10 charts
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-465386
```

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