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Field Guides to Food

School lunch

School lunch can mean

the midday meal eaten at (usually served by) any school

Even in this general sense, it is usually taken to mean elementary, middle, and high schools, and is not often used when referring to post-secondary education.

but is often specifically referring to

the government-subsidized lunch (and breakfast) program in the vast majority of American elementary, middle, and high schools both public and private

See the nutrition standards for school meals and FAQs about the program on the USDA's website for specific information.

Most focus has been on elementary schools in particular. A school lunch program operating independently or through the national program may source traditionally, locally, or from the school's garden (see C-B-G School Greenhouse, for example)

Related terms: National School Lunch Program, foodservice

Within the tag family "The Food System," in the "Transportation, Delivery, and Distribution Networks" cluster.

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3. Information / Knowledge Building Examples and processes related to the ways that people are gaining knowledge about food in its systemic context.
  
  We all borrow food practices and values from other people. But what are the channels through which we do this? Under what conditions do some people become teachers, and others learners? Items that describe social patterns in these channels and conditions help to explain how “structures of information and knowledge” become a factor shaping the food system.
  
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