Free for All by Janet Poppendieck

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Free for All by Janet Poppendieck

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Taking us on a journey into the United States' school kitchens, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of school food in the nation. It explores the politics of food provision from multiple perspectives - history, policy, nutrition, environmental sustainability, taste, and more.

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Free for All by Janet Poppendieck

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.
"Meticulously researched, patiently explicated, potentially groundbreaking.. Should be required reading for everyone who eats food, buys food, has kids, or cares about nutrition." Bookforum "Sophisticated and nuanced." -- Michael O'Donnell The Washington Monthly "[An] excellent, informative book... Poppendieck's research is extensive and meaningful." -- Lisa Sasson Gastronomica "A masterful work of public sociology that is likely to play an important role." -- Heather Sullivan-Caitlin Teaching Sociology
Janet Poppendieck is Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the author of Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement and Breadlines Knee Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression.
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ISBN 13 9780520243705
ISBN 10 0520243706
Title Free for All
Author Janet Poppendieck
Series California Studies In Food And Culture
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 2010-01-04
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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