School food politics : the complex ecology of hunger and feeding in schools around the world / edited by Sarah A. Robert and Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robert, Sarah A.

Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Global studies in education ; v. 6.

Global studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School children--Food.

School children.

Food--Political aspects.

Food.

Physical Description:

xiii, 245 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2011]

Summary:

Arguing that educators should take school food seriously, this work describes innovative school food programs around the world, from Vermont to Tanzania. The contributors are school food reformers representing a range of national contexts, professions, and political stances. The international world of school food politics that they describe is inhabited by anti-hunger and anti-obesity advocates, animal liberationists, organic farmers, food manufacturing corporations, and government and nongovernmental organizations. The book goes beyond politics and examines factors such as family dynamics, technological advances, and religious and cultural aspects of school food issues. It also explores local contexts and the roles of parents, activists, teachers, and youth in reform. An appendix gathers curricula, policies, and recipes. Robert teaches education at the University of Buffalo. Weaver-Hightower teaches education at the University of North Carolina. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction school food politics / Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower and Sarah A. Robert

Reframing the politics of urban feeding in U.S. public schools : parents, programs, activists, and the state / Jen Sandler

Fixing up lunch ladies, dinner ladies, and canteen managers : cases of school food reform in the United States, England, and Australia / Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower

Cultivating schools for rural development : labor, learning, and the challenge of food sovereignty in Tanzania / Kristin D. Phillips and Daniel Roberts

Defining the "problem" with school food policy in Argentina / Sarah A. Robert and Irina Kovalskys

Free for all, organic school lunch programs in South Korea / Mi Ok Kang

School food, public policy, and strategies for change / Marion Nestle

Food prep 101 : low-income teens of color cooking food and analyzing media / Catherine Lalonde

Going local : Burlington, Vermont's farm-to-school program / Doug Davis, Dana Hudson and Members of the Burlington School Food Project

What's that non-human doing on your lunch tray? Disciplinary spaces, school cafeterias, and possibilities of resistance / Abraham DeLeon

Coda : healthier horizons / Sarah A. Robert and Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1433113074

9781433113079

9781433113086

1433113082

OCLC:

705717043

Publisher Number:

99944055943