History of Child Nutrition

  • The first schoool feeeding

    The first schoool feeeding
  • france and england began school feeding

    france and england began school feeding
  • first school feeding in the U.S

    first school feeding in the U.S
    Ellen H. Richards initated the first school feeding in Boston
  • 2 books published on poverty and hunger

  • 1920s lunch progam

    1920s lunch progam
    when boys were examined for the 1917 draft for WW1 large numbers of them were found to be malnourished and unfit for military service resulting in the 1920s lunch program
  • works progress administration

    works progress administration
  • President Truman signed the National School Lunch Act

    President Truman signed the National School Lunch Act
    established lunch program on a premanent basis
  • The Special Milk Program

    The Special Milk Program
    created to help dairy farmers move the surplus milk that was no longer needed by the military into the market
  • Child Nutrition Act was passed

    Child Nutrition Act was passed
    expanded child nutrition programs and additional funding
  • ASFSA Panels testimony

    ASFSA Panels testimony
    Carl Perkins(KY) appropriated $100 million to schools to feed the children.
  • School breakfast program made perment

    School breakfast program made perment
  • The Omnibus Teconciliation Act

    The Omnibus Teconciliation Act
    resulted in 400 million reduction in child nutrition program funding
  • autherized the NFSMI

    autherized the NFSMI
    its purposes are to conduct applied reseach, develop and provide traiing and education,and serve as a clearinghouse for Chilid Nutrition materials
  • The reauthorization Act

    The reauthorization Act
  • Reauthorized WIC

     Reauthorized WIC
    WIC was reauthorized
  • nutrition standards for school lunch and breakfast programs

    nutrition standards for school lunch and breakfast programs
  • updated over versus serve in the NSLP

    updated over versus serve in the NSLP