Eat Up

An ambitious entrepreneur bumps up against bureaucracy, regulations and stalwart lunch ladies as she navigates a path to reinvent school lunch.

Filmed over 12 months inside Boston public schools’ cafeterias and kitchens, eat up tells a story of power, food, and the future of children, and how hard it can be in America to do the right thing in the face of unwieldy regulations and corporate interests. eat up ripples from Boston to cafeterias across the nation, offering a model for healthy eating and how to navigate the politics of our most difficult terrain: public schools.