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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D872/10
TitleDerbyshire Home Produce Council: The objects of the Derbyshire Home Produce Council were to stimulate the production of home grown food in allotment gardens and private gardens by:
a) Encouraging households and villages to grow sufficient vegetables to supply their needs throughout the year;
b) By providing instruction on all matters pertaining to the production and storage of food raised on allotment gardens and gardens;
c) Encouraging the growing of additional feeding-stuffs for poultry, and the collection and distribution of foodstuffs from gardens and allotment gardens for animal consumption;
d) Conducting propaganda and securing publicity for the work of the Council;
e) Promoting the formation of Village Home Produce Clubs, Allotment and Garden Societies for the better carrying out of the Council's objects.
D872/10: Executive committee signed minutes 1940-1957.
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorRural Action Derbyshire (formerly Derbyshire Rural Community Council)
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