The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schoo

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Labor of Lunch by Jennifer E. Gaddis Theres a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nations school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap, precooked hamburger patties and chicken nuggets chock-full of industrial fillers. Yet its 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Flap "What might the history of school lunch teach todays food justice activists about intersectionality? How did the private sector come to dominate what Americas youth eat? Why are most people readier to think of lunch ladies as administrators of slop than as front-line care workers? Jennifer Gaddiss swift prose and sharp mind keep you turning the pages through generations of womens movement activism, lunch shaming, chicken nuggets, and a corps sacrificing their own welfare so that their kids might eat well. The result is a brilliant history and incisive analysis of the cheap care that hides behind the modern school lunch."--Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System "In this pathbreaking book, Gaddis shows that labor--and specifically by lunch ladies--is the missing ingredient in the recipe for success in the National School Lunch Program. A must-read for anyone who cares about children, food, education, labor, or well-being."--Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College "This is an important book, one that advances the scholarship of food systems and public policy, and one that will contribute to mobilizing much-needed change in our national school food programs."--Janet Poppendieck, author of Free for All: Fixing School Food in America Author Biography Jennifer 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. Table of 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 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 Index Review "The Labor of Lunch lays out how transforming the food culture in American schools can significantly improve both the lives of the countrys low-wage cafeteria workers and those of the millions of children they feed every day." * Quality Assurance Magazine *"Argues that universally free, from-scratch lunches turns the school cafeteria into a vital community resource: one that helps kids develop healthy eating habits and provides skilled jobs for workers." -- Tom Philpott * Mother Jones *"When we think about the crumbling national infrastructure that holds our country back, Jennifer Gaddis argues that we need to look beyond bridges, broadband, and high-speed rail –– and see the urgency of bringing our nations 100,000 school cafeterias into the 21st century. Shes on exactly the right track. What if our nations largest restaurant chain –– our 100,000 schools –– could be retooled as an engine for creating good jobs in our communities, building our local farm economies, and nourishing our kids with fresh-cooked food?" -- Curt Ellis * Co-Founder & CEO, FoodCorps *"A welcome addition to the growing library of works focusing on labor in the food system. This topic deserves attention and Gaddis is looking at the plight of an especially neglected group, the people who make and serve food to kids in schools. . . . Let grass-roots advocacy begin!" -- Marion Nestle * Food Politics *"The book seeks to engage the reader to learn about the power struggles of lunch ladies and how such discourses are maintained in society. Gaddis is an advocate with a strong interest in environmental justice, which comes through in the writing. The book is more than just an ethnography of school lunches; it is a reminder that we need to revisit our food systems and consider how this policy area is still very much classed, gendered, and racialized. . . . This book reignites the importance of food activism and recognizes historical roots while seeking and creating theories of change." * Contemporary Sociology *"The Labor of Lunch is a comprehensive and readable work of activist scholarship examining school feeding in the US. This work is suitable for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and scholars of school food policy, institutional feeding and history of food systems, as well as those interested in food movements, and care-labor." * Food, Culture & Society * Review Quote " The Labor of Lunch lays out how transforming the food culture in American schools can significantly improve both the lives of the countrys low-wage cafeteria workers and those of the millions of children they feed every day." Details ISBN0520300033 Author Jennifer E. Gaddis ISBN-10 0520300033 ISBN-13 9780520300033 Format Paperback Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Illustrations 25 b-w images Year 2019 Pages 312 Short Title The Labor of Lunch Language English Series Number 70 Publication Date 2019-11-12 UK Release Date 2019-11-12 AU Release Date 2019-11-12 NZ Release Date 2019-11-12 US Release Date 2019-11-12 Publisher University of California Press Series California Studies in Food and Culture DEWEY 371.7160973 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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