Recognizing the important role Victory Gardens played in America’s World War efforts and reaffirming their purpose as essential to strengthening food security, health education, and community morale during the 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID–19) crisis.

H. Res. 937 · 116th Congress · Apr 22, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

recognizes the importance of the health consciousness, food security, and community morale that is spurred by planting of Victory Gardens; and

(2)

recognizes that the Secretary of Agriculture should collaborate with the House of Representatives—

(A)

to encourage citizens to plant Victory Gardens for the benefit of their families, communities, and country; and

(B)

to supply seeds, preserving materials, and manuals to help citizens grow and preserve crops from their Victory Gardens during the COVID–19 crisis.