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School Feeding Programs
how do they help reshape food systems?
in developing countries, they have been used to pursue a central goal of improving the nutritional status of school children, as well as addressing issues like attendance, enrolment, cognitive development, and gender imbalances
linking agricultural development to school feeding programs
improving access to education and building populations' for participatory citizenship
enhance food security
in the process deliver other benefits like enhanced livelihood opportunities, better natural resource management, higher incomes, smaller families, and improved household management
important tool to redress the new dynamics implicating food systems, nutrition, and health
redress food security immediately
increase access to fresh food for children in urban food deserts
provide food to undernourished children
redress food security in the long-term
embrace children's structural role in the food chain
embrace children's socio-environmental potential in promoting healthier food habits
what does a school food program that promotes food sovereignty look like?
school food sovereignty is a communities' autonomy and self-determination related to school food decisions, like what food is served, how it is prepared, and where it is sourced from
outcomes of a school feeding program that promotes food sovereignty:
School food that is healthy, tasty, and reflective of community culture
Food that is locally and/or sustainably sourced
Food that is humanely raised
Where the sourcing, cooking, and preparing of food benefits the local economy
recall: food sovereignty is the right for people to determine their own food systems
Example: Brazil's School Feeding Programme, established in 1950, where 30% of food for school feeding programme must be from family farmers