As Wisconsin kids are back in school, we take the chance to talk with some folks behind the nutrition in the school lunches. Dr. Jennifer Gaddis is one of the authors of the report Hungry for Good Jobs: The State of the School Nutrition Workforce in Wisconsin. She joins A Public Affair along side Michael Gasper who also contributed to the report. They talk with Douglas Haynes about the issues facing school nutrition workers and what all goes into creating nutritious school meals.

Dr. Jennifer Gaddis is an Associate Professor of Civil Society and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on school food politics and systems change. She is the author of  The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools, and  serves on the advisory board of the National Farm to School Network and is an active member of the Healthy School Meals for All (HSM4A) Wisconsin coalition.

Michael Gasper is the Director of School Nutrition for Holmen School District. He served as School Nutrition Association Wisconsin (SNA-WI) President for the 2018-2019 school year and again for 2020-2021. He is currently a national SNA board member.

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