Jennifer Gaddis
Expert on school lunch workers, history of the U.S. National School Lunch Program, farm-to-school programs, and food work as a form of care work.
Assistant Professor, Civil Society & Community Studies School of Human Ecology Work: 608-265-3759 — Home and cell phones available upon request jgaddis@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- School lunch as care work, both public (NSLP) and private (packing home lunches)
- Farm-to-school programs and local food systems
- Food chain workers and worker-led campaigns for food justice
Achievements
- Forthcoming book on the US National School Lunch Program tentatively entitled “The Labor of Lunch: Organizing a New Economy of Care in American Public Schools."
- Coauthor, "Reorganizing School Lunch for a More Just and Sustainable Food System in the US." Feminist Economics 24, no. 3 (2018): 89-112.
- Coauthor, “Healthy Kids First: Why Cafeteria Workers Want to Cook Fresh Meals in New Haven Public Schools.” Published by UNITE HERE, Local 217.
- Research funded by the National Science Foundation, the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, & the US Department of Agriculture.
- Launching a new book project featuring cross-country comparisons of the social organization of public school lunch programs in China, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, and Finland.