Panelists:
Jennifer Gaddis, PhD
Associate Professor of Civil Society and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Author of The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools, and Co-Author of Transforming School Food Politics around the World
As a public scholar and expert on school food politics and systems change, Dr. Jennifer Gaddis brings a care economy and labor-centered perspective to the national conversation about school food. Dr. Gaddis earned a PhD from the Yale School of the Environment in 2014, and her research uses critical feminist and ecological lenses to examine the social, political, and economic organization of daily life, particularly within the context of school- and community-based food systems.
Mara Fleishman
Chief Executive Officer, Chef Ann Foundation
Mara Fleishman’s career in food systems advocacy started in her early 20s when she looked to the power of food after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Fleishman has over 20 years of experience in leading systems change initiatives in the for-profit and non-profit sectors including over a decade at Whole Foods Market where she served as Global Director of Partnerships. In Fleishman’s current role as CEO of the Chef Ann Foundation, she has spent the last 10 years fighting for healthier food for our nation’s kids. Fleishman’s niche is system-based change, and her favorite leadership role is programmatic engineering: breaking down problems to their foundation and building programmatic solutions through dynamic and integrated approaches.
Moderator:
Paula Daniels
Co-Founder, Chief of What’s Next, and Founding Chair,
Center for Good Food Purchasing
Paula Daniels is Co-Founder, Chief of What’s Next, and Founding Chair of the Center for Good Food Purchasing, a social enterprise non-profit founded in July of 2015 as a national spin-off from the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, which Daniels founded in 2011.
Join the Center for Good Food Purchasing and our panel of experts to explore the impact and potential of good food and quality jobs related to food service in schools across the United States.
This webinar will feature conversation geared toward those with interest in food systems, school meal programs, education, valued workforces, local economic development, and food policy.
Register to attend: bit.ly/LunchLineWebinar24
Webinar Details:
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET // 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PT
Topic: How school food purchasing has far-reaching impacts on quality jobs
What You Will Learn:
- The far-reaching impact of purchasing decisions connecting food chain workers with cafeterias across the United States
- The role of fresh, healthy, scratch cook food in school meals and food service jobs that promote equity
- How school food programs advance education, health, justice, food sovereignty, and sustainability
- The potential of increased localization within food systems to create jobs and grow local economies to spark economic growth
- How you can help support good food in your community’s schools
