Essay On School Lunch Program

The purpose of this essay is to internationally compare the United States’ school lunch entitlement program. In briefly analysing the history of free lunch within the United States, we develop a framework which suggest that we should compare school lunch programs on the basis of funding, nutritional value added, cost and participation.

Brief History of free and reduced lunch in the U.S.
In 1946, the 79TH congress of the United States of America passed the “Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.” The law, which created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), would, in effect, provide free lunch to poor children and reduce the cost of a healthy meal for all American youth. Section 2 of the act defines its intentions:
It is hereby
The New Deal’s central relief efforts-- including many of the programs that helped subsidized school districts lunch cost-- would be eliminated. And as a result, schools, and school districts, found themselves in scenarios similar to those prior to the great depression. Schools could no longer afford to pay for indigent and poor students’ lunches, and congress-- as a result of the war-- could no longer maintain a yearly budget for student lunches.

However, as WWII and the wartime effort ramped up, congress and most US citizens realized that there was an advantage and a necessity to having a nourished population (they were better fighters). Thus, in an attempt to save America's future, congress securitized and developed a permanent lunchtime program that insured that all American children would grow-up nourished. Thus, the aforementioned Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act was formed.

While it seems that a more than hefty portion of this essay was dedicated to the history of the aforementioned policy (<1000), I suggest that the history of US School lunch programs leads us to a very logical framework in which to compare lunch program policies
That is, on a ‘budget by budge’ basis, the Department of Education funds the School Food Trust—a non-profit organization created by the department of Education and Skills to deploy school nutrition and .. programs.
While, within Sweden, The Ministry of Education, Research and Culture, funds school meals. Swedish school meals are not subsidized; however, ‘budgets are given to individual head masters’ ( Harper, wood, and Claire, 2008 p.17) in which, they are required to manage without federal supervision.
While, Brazil provides federal funds to the Ministry of Education whom directly distributes funds to state and municipalities. (Harper, wood, and Claire, 2008 p.27) Local School Meals Councils provide oversight for the funds that the federal government provides.
Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport Science and Technology (MEXT) mostly provides periodical ‘financial support’ to help subsidize equipment and facility cost (MEXT ‘white paper notice’). While, Australia, congruent to the point that they don’t support any lunch meal entitlement programs, don’t fund programs at the federal or district