Series: Papers 1(40) - 69(40)
Taylor Kenkel
A file of memoranda from the War Cabinet's Food Policy Committee. Subjects covered in the documents include the status of stocks of key food items including meat, dairy, cereals, sugar, and tea; supplies of animal feed, including concerns over rising prices and distribution issues; and the ploughing-up campaign, which is aimed at turning more land over to agricultural use. Further topics covered include the work of the Ministry of Supply's Salvage Department to tackle waste in the food industry; proposals to introduce rationing for servicemen; and a decision to limit the production of whisky and other spirits due to a shortage of cereals. The documents also cover concerns over the shortage of agricultural labour; and suggestions for various civilian and military schemes to be introduced to address the issue. Suggested sources of agricultural labour include the Women's Land Army, schoolboys, gang labour, the industrial unemployed, refugees, prisoners of war, and conscientious objectors.
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The National Archives · 31 January 1940 English
eek vals rent ) ) ) ) ###s:- 1. SECRET MINISTRY OF FOOD. Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. REPORT NO. 11. 130 Copy No. STATISTICS DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT …
The National Archives · 9 April 1940 English
THE FOOD PRODUCTION POLICY FOR 1940-41. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland. Introduction. 1939-40 Campaign. 1. At the outbreak of war the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern …
The National Archives · 19 March 1940 English
as a whole, or in selected foodstuffs. Reductions in imported foodstuffs, however, must be made good by corresponding increases in home-produced foodstuffs (not necessarily, of course, of the same kind) …
The National Archives · 4 March 1940 English
-2- deer, generally with co-operation of landlords. It is estimated from returns to date that during the past season some 15,000 deer may have been killed, a number satisfactorily in …
The National Archives · 19 March 1940 English
LABOUR increasing A### 7 CAMPAIGN. REQUIREMENTS 3. While agriculture was able (though with. THE PLOUGHING difficulty) to carry on in peace-time with the diminished labour force by reducing the area …
The National Archives · 21 February 1940 English
(iii) It is suggested that greater use might be made of cheese, fish, sausage and offal in Service catering in order to supply satisfactory substitute dishes and variation for the …
The National Archives · 11 January 1940 English
Copy 124 MINISTRY SECRET. OF Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. FOOD. REPORT NO. NO. STATISTICS DIVISION WEEKLY REPORT ON SUBJECTS OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. 9th JANUARY, 1940. …
The National Archives · 9 March 1940 English
Desirability of an increase in the butter ration Memorandum by the Minister of Food I circulate for my colleagues' consideration a Memorandum which has been prepared with the object of …
The National Archives · 2 April 1940 English
MINISTRY OF FOOD, GREAT WESTMINSTER HOUSE, HORSEFERRY ROAD, LONDON, S.W.1. SECRET REPORT No. 20. Copy No. 133 STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING-STUFFS. …
The National Archives · 7 February 1940 English
MINISTRY OF FOOD Great Westminister House, Horseferry Road, London, S.W.1. SECRET REPORT NO. 12. 130 Copy No. STATISTICS DIVISION. WEEKLY REPORT ON SUPPLIES OF CERTAIN FOOD AND FEEDING STUFFS. 6th …