<description>&lt;p&gt;16.8 pounds of food. That’s how much less food a 10-year-old child gets per week on the lowest rung of government food assistance, compared to a child in a better-funded program. In this episode, Left Over returns to the roots of our social welfare programs to understand how long-standing racism and classism play a role in limiting what the National School Lunch Program does for school children today. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;This episode includes an annotated transcript with links to sources used in the reporting. This podcast was created by editors at The Counter and produced by LWC Studios. It is made possible by grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Counter's 6-year archive of award-winning food journalism remains accessible to the public at &lt;a href="http://thecounter.org/" target="_blank"&gt;thecounter.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; </description>

Left Over: How Corporations and Politicians Are Milking the American School Lunch

[email protected] (Jessica Terrell, Erica Huang, Anne Lim, Juleyka Lantigua, Monica Lopez, Paulina Velasco, Kate Gallagher)

"The Paradox of Plenty Amid Hunger"

MAR 15, 202336 MIN
Left Over: How Corporations and Politicians Are Milking the American School Lunch

"The Paradox of Plenty Amid Hunger"

MAR 15, 202336 MIN

Description

16.8 pounds of food. That’s how much less food a 10-year-old child gets per week on the lowest rung of government food assistance, compared to a child in a better-funded program. In this episode, Left Over returns to the roots of our social welfare programs to understand how long-standing racism and classism play a role in limiting what the National School Lunch Program does for school children today. 

This episode includes an annotated transcript with links to sources used in the reporting. This podcast was created by editors at The Counter and produced by LWC Studios. It is made possible by grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The Counter's 6-year archive of award-winning food journalism remains accessible to the public at thecounter.org.