Free for all : fixing school food in America
- Responsibility
- Janet Poppendieck.
- Language
- English.
- Imprint
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
- Physical description
- xii, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
- Series
- California studies in food and culture 28.
Access
Education Library (Cubberley)
Stacks
| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| LB3479 .U6 P55 2010 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Poppendieck, Janet, 1945-
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-342) and index.
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments Introduction: In Search of School Food 1. School Food 101 2. Food Fights: A Brief History 3. Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: What's Driving the Menu? 4. How Nutritious Are School Meals? 5. The Missing Millions: Problems of Participation 6. Hunger in the Classroom: Problems of Access 7. Free, Reduced Price, Paid: Unintended Consequences 8. Local Heroes: Fixing School Food at the Community Level Conclusion: School Food at the Crossroads Notes Bibliography Index.
- (source: Nielsen Book Data)9780520243705 20160528
- Publisher's Summary
- How did our children end up eating nachos, pizza, and Tater Tots for lunch? Taking us on an eye-opening journey into the nation's school kitchens, this superbly researched book is the first to provide a comprehensive assessment of school food in the United States. Janet Poppendieck explores the deep politics of food provision from multiple perspectives - history, policy, nutrition, environmental sustainability, taste, and more. How did we get into the absurd situation in which nutritionally regulated meals compete with fast food items and snack foods loaded with sugar, salt, and fat? What is the nutritional profile of the federal meals? How well are they reaching students who need them? Opening a window onto our culture as a whole, Poppendieck reveals the forces - the financial troubles of schools, the commercialization of childhood, the reliance on market models - that are determining how lunch is served. She concludes with a sweeping vision for change: fresh, healthy food for all children as a regular part of their school day.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)9780520243705 20160528
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Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2010
- Title Variation
- Fixing school food in America
- Series
- California studies in food and culture ; 28
- ISBN
- 9780520243705 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520243706 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520269888 (pbk.)
- 9780520269880
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