Series: Meetings 1(40) - 40(40)

User icon Taylor Kenkel
26 August 2022
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A file of meeting minutes from the War Cabinet's Food Policy Committee. Subjects covered in the meetings included the current food situation in the U.K.; agricultural production; the distribution of food; the impact of enemy attacks on shipping; the impact of air raids on supplies; rationing for service personnel; difficulties in recruiting agricultural labour; suggestions that the basal diet be used as a basis for nutritional requirements; the possibility of introducing a meat-free day; and arrangements for the feeding of factory workers, school children, and those in emergency situations. The documents also include discussions on the role of the Scientific Food Committee; the text of a public announcement on home food production; and discussions on plans to increase tea and sugar rations during the Christmas period. Further information is provided on fertiliser requirements; and the import and export of commodities from British colonies and dominions.


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1. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS POSITION IN THE U.K.; 2. NORTHERN IRELAND. PROGRESS REPORT FOR:; 3. AGRICULTURAL WAGES PROPOSALS AND CONSEQUENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS IN FARMERS' RETURNS. General discussion. Leakage of Information.; 4. FOOD POLICY AND HOME FOOD PRODUCTION.; 5. OFFICIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOOD POLICY. DISCONTINUANCE OF:; 6. SCOTLAND. HILL SHEEP FARMING IN: SCIENTIFIC FOOD COMMITTEE. Compositio and Terms of Reference.(Appendix).
1. FOOD SITUATION IN THE U.K.; 2. MILK POLICY.; 3. POTATOES.; 4. VEGETABLES OTHER THAN POTATOES. UTILISATION OF:; 5. LUXURY FEEDING.
1. HOME FOOD PRODUCTION. DRAFT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. (Also Appendix).; 2. NORTHERN IRELAND PROGRESS REPORT.; 3. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN:.
1. FOOD SITUATION IN THE U.K.; 2. FOOD EXPORTS.; 3. SUPPLIES OF MEAT AND RATIONS IN 1941.; 4. BREAD POLICY.
1. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS SITUATION IN THE U.K.; 2. HOME FOOD PRODUCTION.; 3. FISH SUPPLIES.
1. FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDING STUFFS. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF STATISTICAL POSITION TO END OF MAY, 1940. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN: WEEKLY REPORT NO. 18. Wheat, Butter, Potatoes, Meat and Cheese.; 2. BUTTER SUPPLIES. DENMARK. IMPORTS FROM:; 3. PLOUGHING-UP CAMPAIGN. PROGRESS REPORTS ON:; 4. FEEDING STUFFS. DISTRIBUTION OF: INTERIM NOTE BY MINISTER OF FOOD ON:.
1. MILK POLICY. STATEMENT OF: CHEAP MILK SCHEME.; 2. FOOD AND FEEDING POSITION IN STUFFS. U.K.; 3. SALVAGE.; 4. FEEDING STUFFS. PRICES OF:; 5. AGRICULTURAL LABOUR. SUPPLY OF:; 6. NEXT MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE.
1. REMOVAL OF POTATOES FROM THE WASH AREA.; 2. FOOD SITUATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.; 3. AGRICULTURAL PRICES POLICY.
1. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. SUPPLIES OF: Weekly Reports Nos. 16 and 17.; 2. BUTTER SUPPLIES AND RATION. 3. DISTILLING. RESTRICTION OF:; 4. NEXT MEETING.
1. FOOD PRODUCTION. HOME: Ploughing-up Programme. Labour. Supply of Agricultural: Agricultural Machinery.; Fertilisers.; Seeds.; Livestock. Prices of:; Sugar Beet.; Fish.; Allotments.; 2. MILK POLICY.
1. SERVICE RATIONS.; 2. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN:; 3. FOOD SITUATION IN THE U.K.; 4. NORTHERN IRELAND PROGRESS REPORT.; 5. PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.; 6. REPORTS OF SCIENTIFIC SUB-COMMITTEE,; 7. VEGETABLE PRODUCTION.
1. SCOTLAND. FOOD PRODUCTION PROGRAMME 1940-1941.; 2. CHEAP FOOD FOR THE POORER CLASSES. PROVISION OF: 3. REQUIREMENTS, SUPPLY AND RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD IN WAR TIME.; 4. CHEAP MILK SCHEME.
1. FOOD SITUATION IN THE U.K.; 2. FERTILIZER REQUIREMENTS OF THE U.K. 1940/41.
1. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS POSITION IN THE U.K. Bread, Animal feeding stuffs, meat, sugar, eggs, potatoes, vegetables, shipping, retail food prices, war time cooking and eating habits food production.; 2. MILK POLICY.
1. HOME FOOD PRODUCTION.; 2. BEER. PRODUCTION, 1940.; 3. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN:.
1. BASAL DIET.; 2. BREAD.; 3. COMMUNAL FEEDING.; 4. SURPLUS PRODUCE OF ALLOTMENTS AND PRIVATE GARDENS.
1. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS POSITION IN U.K.; 2. BASAL DIET.; 3. POTATOES. REMOVAL FROM WASH AREA.
1. FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. WEEKLY REPORT BY MINISTRY OF FOOD ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN: Butter, Sugar, Oil Seeds.; 2. FEEDING STUFFS. DISTRIBUTION OF:; 3. FISH SUPPLIES IN WAR TIME.
1. FOOD SITUATION IN THE U.K.; 2. MILK POLICY.; 3. PRICES OF FEEDING STUFFS AND FERTILIZERS. STABILIZATION OF:; 4. PIG PRICES.
1. FOOD SITUATION IN THE U.K. Home Food Production. Report on: Ploughing-up Campaign. Sugar Beet Crop. Harvest of: School Boy Trainees. Labour position. Labour position. Feeding Stuffs supplies. Livestock Position. Pheasants, etc. Shooting of:; 2. MEAT RATIONING Meatless Day. Date of:.