Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat: The Origins of School Lunch in the United States (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine) Paperback – July 3, 2017

This book fills an important gap in the history of school lunch in America. Andrew Ruis is a gifted storyteller with a penchant for communicating detailed historical material in ways that feel fresh and modern to contemporary readers. I couldn't put it down. Granted, I am a total school lunch nerd, but what I loved so much about this book was its attention to the innovations and struggles that happened at the community level in order to create the fabric for what is now one of the country's favorite social welfare programs. The book is also relatively short, which makes it easily digestible and good for undergraduate courses. It's also a helpful read for contemporary school lunch activists who want to learn more about why the National School Lunch Program looks the way it does. Highly recommend!

Looking forward to reading.

I just finished reading this book, which is a very well written history of school lunch programs in the U.S. One would think that the concept is fairly easily understood: feeding children ought to be a "good idea" almost by definition, but nothing is ever obvious or simple in American politics. Conservatives were afraid that children would become dependent upon government if they were to receive free food. Using this argument, of course, we shouldn't feed our dogs and cats lest they become dependent. Sheesh. The real reason is that conservatives didn't want "those people" (poor people and racial minorities) to become dependent and therefore grateful to the political party providing those meals (as they certainly were not going to be).There are many uplifting agents fighting the good fight that hungry children ought to be fed, which is a good thing because the battle is not over ... in this country. It was over long ago in France and Scandinavian countries, etc.This is a good read. The writing is clean and straightforward. If you have an interest, get this one.

Very interesting and informative reading! Good health and nutrition education for schools! Enjoy!

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