The Labor of Lunch : Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools / / Jennifer E. Gaddis

• Autore: Gaddis Jennifer E.
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 pages)
• Disciplina: 371.7/160973
• Soggetto topico: School children - Food - United States; School children - Food - Government policy - United States; School children - Nutrition - Government policy - United States
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Why We Need to Fix the Food and the Jobs -- 1. The Radical Roots of School Lunch -- 2. The Radical Roots of School Lunch -- 3. From Big Food to Real Food Lite -- 4. Cafeteria Workers in the "Prison of Love" -- 5. Building a Real Food Economy -- Conclusion: Organizing a New Economy of Care -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There's a problem with school lunch in America. 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 secret that meals cooked from scratch with nutritious, locally sourced ingredients are better for children, workers, and the environment. So why not empower "lunch ladies" to do more than just unbox and reheat factory-made food? And why not organize together to make healthy, ethically sourced, free school lunches a reality for all children? The Labor of Lunch aims to spark a progressive movement that will transform food in American schools, and with it the lives of thousands of low-paid cafeteria workers and the millions of children they feed. By providing a feminist history of the US National School Lunch Program, Jennifer E. Gaddis recasts the humble school lunch as an important and often overlooked form of public care. Through vivid narration and moral heft, The Labor of Lunch offers a stirring call to action and a blueprint for school lunch reforms capable of delivering a healthier, more equitable, caring, and sustainable future.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Labor of Lunch
• ISBN: 9780520971592; 0520971590
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911008416903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: California studies in food and culture.