In this perspective piece I reflect on the importance of considering the place of schools within broader systems for critical school food study and intervention. These reflections are based on my study of school food in Newfoundland and Labrador from a systems perspective which helped reveal to me how assumptions about school food tend to get in the way of deep understanding about the impact and sustainability of programs. 

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• Doyle, E., (2025), "From a study of the Newfoundland and Labrador school food system: : Describing an evolution in ways of knowing about school food", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i4.471)

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Original publication: Doyle, Emily. "From a study of the Newfoundland and Labrador school food system: : Describing an evolution in ways of knowing about school food." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, vol. 8, no. 4, 2021. DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i4.471. This material has been re-published in an unmodified form on the Canadian HSS Commons with the permission of Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation. Copyright © the author(s). Work published in CFS/RCÉA prior to and including Vol. 8, No. 3 (2021) is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY license. Work published in Vol. 8, No. 4 (2021) and after is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. For details, see creativecommons.org/licenses/.