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OverviewThere’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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer E. GaddisPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Volume: 70 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780520300033ISBN 10: 0520300033 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 12 November 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Why We Need to Fix the Food and the Jobs 1 • The Radical Roots of School Lunch 2 • The Fight for Food Justice 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 IndexReviewsThe Labor of Lunch lays out how transforming the food culture in American schools can significantly improve both the lives of the country's low-wage cafeteria workers and those of the millions of children they feed every day. * Quality Assurance Magazine * Author InformationJennifer E. Gaddis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Society and Community Studies in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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