{"product_id":"transforming-school-food-politics-around-the-world-isbn-9780262548113","title":"Transforming School Food Politics around the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow to  successfully challenge and transform public school-food programs to emphasize  care, justice, and sustainability, with insights from eight countries across  the Global North and South.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchool food programs are about more than just feeding kids. They are a form of community care and a policy tool for advancing education, health, justice, food sovereignty, and sustainability. \u003ci\u003eTransforming School Food Politics around the World \u003c\/i\u003eillustrates how everyday people from a diverse range of global contexts have successfully challenged and changed programs that fall short of these ideals. Editors Jennifer Gaddis and Sarah A. Robert highlight the importance of global and local struggles to argue that the transformative potential of school food hinges on valuing the gendered labor that goes into caring for, feeding, and educating children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough accessible and inspiring essays, \u003ci\u003eTransforming School Food Politic\u003c\/i\u003es \u003ci\u003earound the World \u003c\/i\u003eshows politics in action. Chapter contributors include youths, mothers, teachers, farmers, school nutrition workers, academics, lobbyists, policymakers, state employees, nonprofit staff, and social movement activists. Drawing from historical and contemporary research, personal experiences, and collaborations with community partners, they provide readers with innovative strategies that can be used in their own efforts to change school food policy and systems. Ultimately, this volume sets the stage to reimagine school food as part of the infrastructure of daily life, arguing that it can and should be at the vanguard of building a new economy rooted in care for people and the environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexis Agliano Sanborn, Lisa Altmann, José Arimatea Barros Bezerra, Islandia Bezerra, Jennifer Black, Brooks Bowden, Christine C. Caruso, Cristiane Coradin, Rebecca Davis, Sinikka Elliott, Rachel Engler-Stringer, Debbie Field, Lucy Flores, Andrée Gacoin, Jennifer Gaddis, Michelle Gautreaux, Anne Hales, Karin Hjälmeskog, Anore Horton, Kristiina Janhonen, Jennifer LeBarre, Raven Lewis, Faye Mack, Marjaana Manninen, Brent Mansfield, Anne Moertel, Katsura Omori, Prerna Rana, Margaret Read, Emmanuelle Ricaud Oneto, Sarah A. Robert, Betsy Rosenbluth, Amy Rosenthal, Ludmir dos Santos Gomes, Sônia Fátima Schwendler, Amy Shollenberger, Courtney Smith, Seulgi Son, Jarrett SteinForeword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eSection 1: The Power and Potential of National School Meal Programs\u003cbr\u003e1 A Whole Systems Approach to School Food Policy in Japan\u003cbr\u003e2 Centering Children, Health and Justice in Canadian School Food Programs\u003cbr\u003e3 School Food Politics, Identity, and Indigeneity in the Peruvian Amazon\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Claiming Space for Youth and Worker Voices\u003cbr\u003e4 Sustainable Food Education in Finnish Schools Through Collaborative Pedagogy\u003cbr\u003e5 Rebel Ventures and Youth-Led Food Initiatives in the United States\u003cbr\u003e6 Creating a Mobile Method to Nourish Children in the United States through the “Yum-Yum Bus”\u003cbr\u003e7 Local and National Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Struggling for Just School Food Economies\u003cbr\u003e8 Civil Society Activism and Government Partnerships in India\u003cbr\u003e9 Cooperative and Small-Scale Farming through Brazil’s National Procurement Standards\u003cbr\u003e10 Agroecology and Feminist Praxis in Brazilian School Food Politics\u003cbr\u003e11 Direct Urban-Rural Supply Chains for South Korean Communities\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Tools and Campaigns for Systems Change\u003cbr\u003e12 Using Storytelling in the United States to Build Empathy for Change\u003cbr\u003e13 Facilitating Think Tanks to Guide Action and Advocacy in Canadian Teachers Unions\u003cbr\u003e14 The Center for Ecoliteracy’s Approach to School Food Systems Change in the United States\u003cbr\u003e15 Developing Solidarity Coalitions for Universal School Meals and Local Food in the United States\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAncillary Materials\u003cbr\u003eContributor Bios“A hopeful, informative read for anyone who seeks to change school food systems.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Civil Eats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eTransforming School Food Politics around the World\u003c\/i\u003e, editors Jennifer E. Gaddis and Sarah A. Roberts craft a collection of essays that feature people across the globe who have advocated for public school food programs that advance education, health, justice, food sovereignty, and sustainability. Young people, mothers, teachers, farmers, and policymakers share their stories, demonstrating the crucial role that school food programs play in caring for and educating children.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Food Tank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you are interested in school food advocacy, this book is your Bible.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Food Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJennifer E. Gaddis is Associate Professor of Civil Society and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Labor of Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an advisory board member of the National Farm to School Network.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah A. Robert is Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNeoliberal Education Reform\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNeoliberalism, Gender, and Education Work\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSchool Food Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an Associate Editor for \u003ci\u003eGender, Work, and Organizations\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304175784165,"sku":"NP9780262548113","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262548113.jpg?v=1767742903","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/transforming-school-food-politics-around-the-world-isbn-9780262548113","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}