The labor of lunch : why we need real food and real jobs in American public schools /

"Children, parents, and pundits agree that there's a problem with school lunch. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation's school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap precooked hamburger patties and chicken nuggets chock-full of industrial fillers. Yet it's no secr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gaddis, Jennifer E., 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Series:California studies in food and culture.
Subjects:
National School Lunch Program (U.S.)
School children > Food > United States.
School children > Food > Government policy > United States.
School children > Nutrition > Government policy > United States.
Élèves du primaire > Alimentation > États-Unis.
Élèves du primaire > Alimentation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
School children > Food.
School children > Food > Government policy.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : why we need to fix the food and the jobs
  • The radical roots of school lunch
  • The fight for food justice
  • From big food to real food lite
  • Cafeteria workers in the "prison of love"
  • Building a real food economy
  • Conclusion : organizing a new economy of care.

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