The Role Of Food In World War I

Food fit into American and European strategies more than one would think, the role of food in World War 1 was important because a soldier needed something to eat obviously it wouldn’t sound like a good idea to fight a war on an empty stomach, especially not a war as big as World War 1 was turning out to be at the time. Food like peanuts were given to soldiers to eat, peanuts arent much of a great meal but it did give those fighting the war protein, protein gave them the energy to get up and go through all the harsh conditions. When given peanuts as a meal they usually came with different ways to cook them or prepare them. Meat was also a meal soldiers would sometimes have, although it was rare due to food shortages in the United States at the time they would occasionally get to have a better meal than peanuts for example. The first World War brought many changes to the U.S., One big change during the time was the Food Administration Act of 1917 which set up a means of helping out the U.S. soldiers fighting overseas. Many citizens at the time were not happy with The Food Administration Act due to the fact that there were already shortages in almost everything, some Americans on the other hand dealt with it and donated supplies for soldiers fighting the heavy war.
had never had in any war prior. Something that this Food Administration Act did was that the government had control over goods and and prices, what was wanted was the regulation of food and not prices of the food or goods (The Food Administration Bill,NYT, 06/04/1917). The government controlled everything involving the shortages of food and distribution at the time and there was not much citizens could do but put up with it. All relied on government distribution, not upon government prices. (The Food Administraton Bill,NYT,