Article: Veggie blitz: Victory Garden initiative gets growing Saturday

A small army of volunteers plans to fan out across Milwaukee and Shorewood on Saturday in a "Victory Garden Blitz" to plant vegetable gardens at schools, churches, homes and even on a few rooftops.

Memorial Day weekend traditionally marks the start of the gardening season, but the backdrop of war in Iraq and Afghanistan is not lost on organizers of the effort, which is aimed at growing more food close to home.

These gardens -- modeled after the Victory Gardens of World Wars I and II -- are intended to inspire self-reliance at a time when some experts are predicting a global oil shortage within 20 years.

Most industrially produced food is transported great distances from farm to table.

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