Reorganizing School Lunch for a More Just and Sustainable Food System in the US

Gaddis, Jennifer E.; Coplen, Amy K.

doi:10.1080/13545701.2017.1383621

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“…Among other political tools available to governments to promote sustainable food and, therefore, contribute to the scaling of agroecology, we can highlight public food procurement (Parsons and Hawkes 2018;Swensson and Tartanac 2020). Sustainable public food procurement is one of the Sustainable Development Goals that could clearly contribute to the generalization of local zero-carbon food systems based on diets that minimize all negative impacts on health (Gaddis and Coplen 2018;UN 2018).…”

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Agroecological public policies to mitigate climate change: public food procurement for school canteens in the municipality of Ames (Galicia, Spain)

Neira

Fernández

Rodríguez

2021

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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This work evaluates and discusses the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction potential of agroecological policies implemented in public food procurement for school canteens. Using a life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology (cradle-to-grave approach) and the information gathered from the Red Municipal de Comedores Escolares (Local Network of School Canteens) in the municipality of Ames (A Coruña, Galicia, Spain), the results show how organic production, dietary change (less animal protein), seasonal consumption, and packaging reduction, among other measures, can mitigate the climate impact of school meals. The food policies implemented in Ames have allowed mitigating the GHG emissions of local school canteens by 13.4%. Under realistic conditions, this reduction could rise to 40.6% should the agroecological transformation of the food system continue to advance.

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Agroecological public policies to mitigate climate change: public food procurement for school canteens in the municipality of Ames (Galicia, Spain)

Neira

Fernández

Rodríguez

2021

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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“…The findings highlight a number of areas of learning for policymakers should they wish to expand UFSM further, or if a similar policy were to be implemented in another jurisdiction. There are currently only two countries (Sweden and Finland) that offer UFSM to all children, however, researchers in numerous countries are debating how they might change their systems to improve children’s outcomes ( Gaddis and Coplen, 2018 , Gordon and Ruffini, 2018 , Hernandez et al, 2018 , Lucas et al, 2017 ).…”

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Learning from the implementation of Universal Free School Meals in Scotland using Normalisation Process Theory: Lessons for policymakers to engage multiple stakeholders

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Highlights Universal free school meals (UFSM) could improve children’s outcomes. Evaluation of UFSM policies internationally is limited. UFSM policies need to engage with multiple stakeholders adequately. Policymakers must communicate the potential benefits to educational stakeholders. Adequate monitoring and evaluation could help to improve communication.

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“…For instance, the concept of "full cost" has been used in relation to "food miles" [254]. Other authors refer to "energy cost" [256,257], "environmental cost" [144, [258][259][260], and "nitrogen cost" [89]. Coveney [258] underlined that "Many have argued that environmental costs of food production are hardly ever factored into the profitability equation" (p. 97), which highlights the need for internalizing these costs to get an accurate idea about the real, full cost of food.…”

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Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Environment, Economy, Society, and Policy

2021

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Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development. Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are hard to find. Therefore, the present systematic review delineated the contours of this growing research strand and analyzed how it relates to sustainability. A search performed on the Web of Science in January 2020 yielded 1389 documents, and 1289 were selected and underwent bibliometric and topical analyses. The topical analysis was informed by the SAFA (Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems) approach of FAO and structured along four dimensions viz. environment, economy, society and culture, and policy and governance. The review shows an increasing interest in AFS with an exponential increase in publications number. However, the study field is north-biased and dominated by researchers and organizations from developed countries. Moreover, the analysis suggests that while environmental aspects are sufficiently addressed, social, economic, and political ones are generally overlooked. The paper ends by providing directions for future research and listing some topics to be integrated into a comprehensive, multidisciplinary agenda addressing the multifaceted (un)sustainability of AFS. It makes the case for adopting a holistic, 4-P (planet, people, profit, policy) approach in agri-food system studies.

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Reorganizing School Lunch for a More Just and Sustainable Food System in the US

Cited by 21 publications

References 64 publications

Agroecological public policies to mitigate climate change: public food procurement for school canteens in the municipality of Ames (Galicia, Spain)

Agroecological public policies to mitigate climate change: public food procurement for school canteens in the municipality of Ames (Galicia, Spain)

Learning from the implementation of Universal Free School Meals in Scotland using Normalisation Process Theory: Lessons for policymakers to engage multiple stakeholders

Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Environment, Economy, Society, and Policy

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