Janet Poppendieck is a professor of sociology at Hunter College in New York, and the author of several books, including her most recent Free for All: Fixing School Food in America. This book focuses on America's recent interest in whether or not our school meals are healthy. This issue has recently been brought into the spotlight through shows such as Jamie Oliver's School Food Revolution and in the news due to recent changes in the Nation School Lunch Program's dietary guidelines. Poppendieck's book takes an in-depth look at why school meals became what they are today, the challenges of improving school meals, and ultimately how the system should be fixed. She does this by asking her current students about their previous experiences with school meals, working in a school cafeteria, interviewing current school employees, and examining the history and policies of the National School Lunch Program. To begin the book, Poppendieck writes about his experience working in a school cafeteria for a week. She explains the daily routine of a school food service employee, which includes defrosting and reheating the frozen foods that will be served that day, serving the food, managing the à la carte queue and to register all lunches in three categories: full price, reduced price and free. The image she paints of school meals is one of reheated fast food and lunches governed by numerous regulations and nutritional requirements. These regulations are important because if the food does not meet certain requirements, the school will not be reimbursed by the federal government. Also, if they don't properly record how many people paid, discounted or fr...... middle of paper ......persuading me to convince myself that the idea of ​​universal meals free was a good idea, because like almost all American citizens, I only saw dollar signs. But after seeing the fate of the current system of free and discount and considering how much it would cost compared to other government projects, I realized that universal free could certainly be a possibility and a welcome change from the current system . Overall, this book was a very eye-opening read that I would suggest to everyone, especially those who want to see school meals evolve into something great not only for children but also for agriculture. After reading this book, I am ready to jump in and try to continue changing the school meal system so that my children's generation can go to school knowing that they will be fed properly, responsibly and without fear of being stigmatized..