Aside from the focus on price and the need to absorb US farms’ excess output, school lunches reflect a broader trend toward turning food preparation into industrial production. Uniformity is prized above quality, and convenience is valued over freshness (and often over cost).
除了关注价格和吸收美国农场过多产出的需要，校园午餐反映了一个更广的趋势，即将食品准备工作变为工业产品。统一性被置于比质量更重要的地位，而方便性也胜过了新鲜（也经常压倒成本）。