During WWII, Britain faced the threat of food shortages, as 2/3 of its food was imported. The government called for an agricultural revolution to double homegrown production, making farms the “front line of freedom.” Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands, and Peter Ginn experience life on a wartime farm in Hampshire, facing shortages, social upheavals, and threats of invasion, while exploring traditional farming techniques like mole subsoiling for field drainage. They focuses on blacksmithing and using scrap iron to create tools like a mole plow for field drainage. This technique, essential during the war, helped maximize land productivity by making farming more efficient. Wartime rationing led to the culling of livestock, especially pigs, which were seen as luxuries. Alternatives like using garden waste to feed animals were explored to cope with food shortages and disease risks.
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