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At no time during the Great Depression was the contradiction
between agriculture surplus and widespread hunger more wrenchingly
graphic than in the government's attempt to raise pork prices
through the mass slaughter of miliions of "unripe" little pigs.
This contradiction was widely perceived as a "paradox." In fact, as
Janet Poppendieck makes clear in this newly expanded and updated
volume, it was a normal, predictable working of an economic system
rendered extreme by the Depression. The notion of paradox, however,
captured the imagination of the public and policy makers, and it
was to this definition of the problem that surplus commodities
distribution programs in the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations
were addressed. This book explains in readable narrative how the
New Deal food assistance effort, originally conceived as a relief
measure for poor people, became a program designed to raise the
incomes of commercial farmers. In a broader sense, the book
explains how the New Deal years were formative for food assistance
in subsequent administrations; it also examines the performance--or
lack of performance--of subsequent in-kind relief programs.
Beginning with a brief survey of the history of the American farmer
before the depression and the impact of the Depression on farmers,
the author describes the development of Hoover assistance programs
and the events at the end of that administration that shaped the
"historical moment" seized by the early New Deal. Poppendieck goes
on to analyze the food assistance policies and programs of the
Roosevelt years, the particular series of events that culminated in
the decision to purchase surplus agriculture products and
distribute them to the poor, the institutionalization of this
approach, the resutls achieved, and the interest groups formed. The
book also looks at the takeover of food assistance by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and its gradual adaptation for use as a
tool in the maintenance of farm income. Utliizing a wide variety of
official and unofficial sources, the author reveals with unusual
clarity the evolution from a policy directly responsive to the poor
to a policy serving mainly democratic needs.
At no time during the Great Depression was the contradiction
between agriculture surplus and widespread hunger more wrenchingly
graphic than in the government's attempt to raise pork prices
through the mass slaughter of miliions of unripe little pigs. This
contradiction was widely perceived as a paradox. In fact, as Janet
Poppendieck makes clear in this newly expanded and updated volume,
it was a normal, predictable working of an economic system rendered
extreme by the Depression. The notion of paradox, however, captured
the imagination of the public and policy makers, and it was to this
definition of the problem that surplus commodities distribution
programs in the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations were
addressed.
This book explains in readable narrative how the New Deal food
assistance effort, originally conceived as a relief measure for
poor people, became a program designed to raise the incomes of
commercial farmers. In a broader sense, the book explains how the
New Deal years were formative for food assistance in subsequent
administrations; it also examines the performance--or lack of
performance--of subsequent in-kind relief programs.
Beginning with a brief survey of the history of the American
farmer before the depression and the impact of the Depression on
farmers, the author describes the development of Hoover assistance
programs and the events at the end of that administration that
shaped the historical moment seized by the early New Deal.
Poppendieck goes on to analyze the food assistance policies and
programs of the Roosevelt years, the particular series of events
that culminated in the decision to purchase surplus agriculture
products and distribute them to the poor, the institutionalization
of this approach, the resutls achieved, and the interest groups
formed. The book also looks at the takeover of food assistance by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its gradual adaptation for
use as a tool in the maintenance of farm income. Utliizing a wide
variety of official and unofficial sources, the author reveals with
unusual clarity the evolution from a policy directly responsive to
the poor to a policy serving mainly democratic needs.
How did our children end up eating nachos, pizza, and Tater Tots
for lunch? Taking us on an eye-opening journey into the nation's
school kitchens, this superbly researched book is the first to
provide a comprehensive assessment of school food in the United
States. Janet Poppendieck explores the deep politics of food
provision from multiple perspectives - history, policy, nutrition,
environmental sustainability, taste, and more. How did we get into
the absurd situation in which nutritionally regulated meals compete
with fast food items and snack foods loaded with sugar, salt, and
fat? What is the nutritional profile of the federal meals? How well
are they reaching students who need them? Opening a window onto our
culture as a whole, Poppendieck reveals the forces - the financial
troubles of schools, the commercialization of childhood, the
reliance on market models - that are determining how lunch is
served. She concludes with a sweeping vision for change: fresh,
healthy food for all children as a regular part of their school
day.
How did our children end up eating nachos, pizza, and Tater Tots
for lunch? Taking us on an eye-opening journey into the nation's
school kitchens, this superbly researched book is the first to
provide a comprehensive assessment of school food in the United
States. Janet Poppendieck explores the deep politics of food
provision from multiple perspectives - history, policy, nutrition,
environmental sustainability, taste, and more. How did we get into
the absurd situation in which nutritionally regulated meals compete
with fast food items and snack foods loaded with sugar, salt, and
fat? What is the nutritional profile of the federal meals? How well
are they reaching students who need them? Opening a window onto our
culture as a whole, Poppendieck reveals the forces - the financial
troubles of schools, the commercialization of childhood, the
reliance on market models - that are determining how lunch is
served. She concludes with a sweeping vision for change: fresh,
healthy food for all children as a regular part of their school
day.
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