Serving the Public: The Good Food Revolution in Schools, Hospitals and Prisons

Serving the Public: The Good Food Revolution in Schools, Hospitals and Prisons - Paperback

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Serving the Public: The Good Food Revolution in Schools, Hospitals and Prisons - Paperback

Serving the Public: The Good Food Revolution in Schools, Hospitals and Prisons - Paperback

by Kevin Morgan
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A revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.

Access to good food is the litmus test of a society's commitment to social justice and sustainable development. This book explores the 'good food revolution' in public institutions, asking what broader lessons can be learned.

In schools the book examines the challenge of the whole school approach, where the message of the classroom is being aligned with the offer of the dining room. In hospitals it looks at the struggle to put nutrition on a par with medicine and shape a health service worthy of the name. And in prisons it shows how good food can bring hope and dignity to prisoners, helping them to rehabilitate themselves.

Drawing on evidence from the UK, US and Sweden, Serving the public highlights how public institutions are harnessing the power of purchase to secure public health, social justice and ecological integrity. The quest for good food in these institutions is an important part of the struggle to redeem the public sphere and repair the damage wrought by forty years of neoliberalism.

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A revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.

Access to good food is the litmus test of a society's commitment to social justice and sustainable development. This book explores the 'good food revolution' in public institutions, asking what broader lessons can be learned.

In schools the book examines the challenge of the whole school approach, where the message of the classroom is being aligned with the offer of the dining room. In hospitals it looks at the struggle to put nutrition on a par with medicine and shape a health service worthy of the name. And in prisons it shows how good food can bring hope and dignity to prisoners, helping them to rehabilitate themselves.

Drawing on evidence from the UK, US and Sweden, Serving the public highlights how public institutions are harnessing the power of purchase to secure public health, social justice and ecological integrity. The quest for good food in these institutions is an important part of the struggle to redeem the public sphere and repair the damage wrought by forty years of neoliberalism.
ISBN9781526180469
Author Kevin Morgan
PublisherManchester University Press
GenreNews & politics, History, and Business
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages296
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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