Canada’s missed opportunity to implement publicly funded school meal programs in the 1940s

Carbone, Sarah; Power, Elaine; Holland, Mary Rita

doi:10.1080/09581596.2018.1524849

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“…This reliance on precarious funding sources is higher in lower-income and racialized neighborhoods with higher degrees of marginalization and inequitably unhealthy food environments (Toronto Public Health, 2015). It has been argued that this current patchwork of programs places the burden and responsibility onto marginalized communities and families themselves (Allen & Guthman, 2006;Carbone et al, 2020;Ruetz & McKenna, 2021).…”

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“…The current policy environment in Canada pre-sents this opportunity (Carbone et al, 2020). A similar opportunity was missed in the mid-1940s during the Second World War when many other Western industrialized countries developed their programs (Carbone et al, 2020;Ruetz & McKenna, 2021). COVID-19 has exposed inequities in Canada's food system with regard to food access (Ayer, 2020) to protect many aspects of social systems, including food.…”

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On our cover: Kanoa Dinwoodie (at right), the owner and operator of organic-certified Feral Heart Farm in Sunol, California, shows children how to properly harvest blackberries. Kanoa specializes in seed production and diasporic Asian crops. He participated in the "agroecology encounters" research described in author Antonio Roman-Alcalá's commentary in this issue, "Five practical strategies for those who work for food systems change."

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“…The current policy environment in Canada pre-sents this opportunity (Carbone et al, 2020). A similar opportunity was missed in the mid-1940s during the Second World War when many other Western industrialized countries developed their programs (Carbone et al, 2020;Ruetz & McKenna, 2021). COVID-19 has exposed inequities in Canada's food system with regard to food access (Ayer, 2020) and has highlighted food insecurity issues related to income inequality (Statistics Canada, 2020;Tarasuk & Mitchell, 2020) to protect many aspects of social systems, including food.…”

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The School Food Solution: Creating a healthy school food environment with Canada's Food Guide

Dacunha

Elton

2022

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In 2021, Canada’s federal government made a historic commitment to develop a national school food policy. Among overlapping challenges of increasing food insecurity, rising food costs, and the impact on food systems from climate change, there is now an opportunity to create a school food environment that ensures universal access to nutritious foods and supports sustainability in food systems. A universal school food program can ensure that all children, regardless of income, access the recommended nutritious foods and can promote climate-friendly diets. Such school food programs can also support local farmers and regional economies. In this paper, we outline the policy context for the new Canada’s Food Guide and the researched benefits of school food. We argue that Canada’s Food Guide can support a healthy school environment that is equitable and that promotes sustainability in the food system by embracing founding principles of diet equity and sustainability. Our concluding discussion outlines issues to be addressed in implementation.

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“…While in the USA, meals are offered for free or at a reduced cost based on parental income (10) , in France meals are subsidised to make them affordable to all students (11) . However, unlike its counterpart countries, Canada did not establish a nationally harmonised fully or partially funded school food program (SFP) in the post WW2 period due to a federal policy direction focused on supporting the male breadwinner model (12) . As of 2022, Canada remains the only G7 country to not have a national SFP.…”

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An examination of willingness to participate and willingness to pay for a universal school food program in the Canadian context

Datta Gupta,

Pahwa,

Engler-Stringer

2023

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To examine parents’/caregivers’ willingness to participate and willingness to pay (WTP) for a cost-shared school food program, and its associated factors. Design: A quantitative survey design was used where WTP for a hypothetical school food program was elicited using a double bounded dichotomous choice elicitation method. We used a double hurdle (logistic and truncated regression) model to examine WTP and positively or negatively associated factors. Setting: Saskatoon Public School Division elementary schools situated in high, mid, or low median income neighborhoods. Participants: Parents or caregivers of children attending grades 1 to grade 8 in the Saskatoon Public School Division elementary schools. Results: 94% respondents were willing to participate in a school food program while less than two-thirds of participants were willing to pay for such a program. Over 90% respondents from all the socio-economic groups were willing to participate. Multiple household income earners, higher household income, higher number of children, household food security status, and higher academic attainment of parents’/caregivers predicted greater willingness to pay. Mean willingness to pay was $4.68 (CAN) and households reporting moderate or severe food insecurity were likely to be willing to pay significantly less for a school food program. Conclusion: A cost shared program might be financially sustainable in Canada if community characteristics such as household food insecurity status, economic participation of women and average household size are kept in mind while determining the price of the program.

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Canada’s missed opportunity to implement publicly funded school meal programs in the 1940s

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The School Food Solution: Creating a healthy school food environment with Canada's Food Guide

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