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The principles of Justus von Liebig discovered that food contains the three elements of carbohydrates, protein and fats. He refused to believe that other nutrients play a role in human health and created a baby formula that went down hill. The babies that fed on this formula had infantile scurvy. This trauma led the scientists to work better on understanding of food.
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The Morrill Act or the Land Grant College Act of 1862 provided grants to Universities to specialize in “agriculture and the mechanic arts.” This Act made college programs possible for New Western States. It also benefited farmers and other workers who were excluded from higher education.
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Sir Edward Mellanby was a highly respected British physician and professor of pharmacology at the University of Sheffield in England. The experiments he conducted involved dogs to investigate diseases. Mr. and Mrs. Mellanby ended up researching rickets and pellagra which had a strong influence on government food policy.
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Weston A. Price is described as one of the greatest nutrition researcher in the twentieth century. Weston traveled the world while recording indigenous peoples diets and the physical and metal affects. He eventually started working with children, families, and adults and developed a career from the research scientists discovered on vitamins. Through his work, we all now know about epigenetics.
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Herbert Evans was a anatomist and embryologist who obtained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. In Herbert's time he studied human nutrition and how a vitamin E deficiency affects pregnancy. This deficiency is called the "fertility factor" and is greatly appreciated in everyday life of mothers.
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The Land Grant University is determined by State Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Act of 1862. The purpose of the grant is to award a piece of land to achieve lasting benefits. The Land Grant acts in Arkansas are at the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
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Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman that attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1873. She was the first female chemist and is best known for her sanitary engineering work. Ellen is a big role model in the FACS field because she showed how women can accomplish what they set their mind to.
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Dr. Francis M Pottenger was most known for his epigenetic work on cats and diets. He published a book that displays the discoveries and shares knowledge to others. Through experiments Pottenger discovered diseases from certain foods heated versus chilled.
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Joseph Goldberger studied Pellagra which is the Italian word meaning "rough skin". He learned that this is caused by deficiency of Vitamin B3. After research, Joseph found out that this "disease" is related to ones food intake and not just a naturally occurring issue.
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The Smith Lever Act is a law that sets up a system of cooperative system services, playing off the land grant universities with the goal to promote knowledge about the development in agriculture and home economic related things.
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The Smith Hughes Act of 1917 gave federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics.
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Harry Steenbock was a biochemistry professor that studied the irradiation of ultraviolet light. It led to knowing that ultraviolet light increased means the Vitamin D increases in food. This information then led to the cure of rickets in rats.
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Albert Szent is a Hungarian scientist who made the discovery of Vitamin K in 1937. His discovery awarded him a nobel prize due to the advance in the nutrition field.
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Adelle Davis was the most famous nutritionist in the mid 20th century. She lived from 25 February,1904 – 31 May,1974 and published her well known textbook in 1942. After her textbook release she had four best selling books over natural foods to follow. Adelle continued her dietetic training in New York as an obstetrician and helped others in their knowledge of bettering our bodies.
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Henrik Dam was a biochemist that discovered Vitamin K. His research has advanced nutrition immensely along with our knowledge of the human body. In 1943 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his vitamin K discovery.
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Vocational Education Acts of 1963 prepares students for work in specific trade/crafts such as a practice in medicine, technology, architecture, etc... by improving the education.
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The Vocational Amendment of 1968 recognized the social and economic dilemmas which allowed the continue of funding for students with disabilities or students at risk. The states can apply for 5 year grants that allow states to combine education and careers to hopefully better their future.
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The Vocational Amendment of 1973 also known as the Rehab Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination against disability in the workplace. Programs funded by federal agencies and employment from federal contractors fall into the category that must follow these guidelines.
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The Vocational Amendment of 1976 requires states that receive federal funding to promote education to cut out gender bias, stereotyping, and the discrimination in vocational education. This protects ones self in the work place if issues were to arise when people have different out looks.
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The Carl Perkins Act of 2006 increases the quality of education in schooling to help students in the future of their career. Its purpose is to help the economy while bettering the relationship between secondary and postsecondary education to improve state accountability.
