The Developing Food Crisis in the First World War

The demise of British farmingBritish farming from around 1880 is shown with the loss of agricultural manpowerAgricultural manpower and the rise in large amounts of imported food products to feed the nation, relying on shippingShipping transport. British farmingBritish farming could no longer feed the nation by the outbreak of the First World War, acknowledged before the war by government committees that gave strategic recommendations if imports became threatened. Committees at local government level were established in most English counties and in Scotland offering advice to farmersFarmersadvice to. The turning points for Britain’s ability to feed the population came with increased sinking of cargo ships carrying food supplies, the requisitioning of ships for war and the poor grainGrains harvest internationally due to weather conditions.