Teaching and Learning

Big Business in the School Cafeteria

by Ivy Ken | August 22, 2014 | Summer 2014

Sociologist Ivy Ken questions the activities of two non-profit organizations that broker agreements with food companies to provide healthier products for schools.

Recommended Resources

DC Central Kitchen
The National Farm To School Network
The Edible Schoolyard Project
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
The 2010 DC Healthy Schools Act
Ivy Ken, A Healthy Bottom Line, Social Currents.

Author

Ivy Ken is in the sociology department at George Washington University. She is the author of Digesting Race, Class, and Gender: Sugar as a Metaphor.

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