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Fixing School Food in America
University of California Press
January 2010
On Sale: January 4, 2010
369 pages
ISBN: 0520243706
EAN: 9780520243705
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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.
Drawing from extensive interviews with officials, workers,
students, and activists, she discusses the National School
Lunch and Breakfast Programs and turns a critical eye on the
"competitive foods" sold in cafeterias. 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.
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