Famine food of vegetal origin consumed in the Netherlands during World War II

Abstract Background Periods of extreme food shortages during war force people to eat food that they normally do not consider edible. The last time that countries in Western Europe experienced severe scarcities was during World War II. The so-called Dutch famine or Hunger Winter (1944–1945) made at l...

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Main Authors: Tom Vorstenbosch, Ingrid de Zwarte, Leni Duistermaat, Tinde van Andel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-017-0190-7