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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Home Economics
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Health
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Home Economics. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1151D (NAID 514741).
Text on the object
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
