Photo Gallery: ANC 2019
We had a great time seeing all the smiling faces at ANC in St. Louis.
USDA-Approved Software Can Help with Your Menu Planning Process
Enhance your menu planning and documentation process with USDA-approved software! USDA approves two types of commercially available software:
Child Nutrition (CN) Labeling Verification and Reporting System
The CN Label Verification System helps State agencies, program operators, and the food industry to check that CN labels are current and [Read More]
Photos from 2019 Major Cities Training Symposium, Tampa, FL
Summer Feeding Bus
ICN is hosting the 2019 Major Cities Training Symposium in Tampa, FL. View the images below from some of the on-site visits
Center for Nutrition and Culinary Services SILO Training Center
Group Shot at Embassy Suites [Read More]
ICN Hosts Native American Advisory Committee
UM’s School of Applied Sciences hosted a welcoming reception for the Institute of Child Nutrition’s inaugural Native American Advisory Committee meeting held on campus on April 3-4, 2019. This meeting convened a group of national experts to provide guidance and recommendations on how to develop culturally sensitive trainings and resources specific to Native American school [Read More]
ICN is Hiring – Three Positions Open
Are you interested in working in the exciting and challenging field of child nutrition? ICN currently has three career opportunities available. Come join our team. To learn more and apply, visit the links below.
Education and Training Specialist I: https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Education-&-Training-Specialist-I-MS-38677/536468100/
Accounting Assistant: https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Accounting-Assistant-MS-38677/538405000
Program Assistant: https://careers.olemiss.edu/job/University-Program-Assistant-ICN-MS-38677/538506000/
EEO Statement
The University of Mississippi complies with all applicable laws [Read More]
Registration Open for Orientation to School Nutrition Management – June 10-14, 2019
Registration is now open for Orientation to School Nutrition Management that will be held at the Institute of Child Nutrition in Oxford, Mississippi on June 10-14, 2019.
Orientation to School Nutrition Management (4 ½ day Training) – This FREE training session for new and aspiring directors provides an overview of the management components of school nutrition [Read More]
Now Available! FBG Calculator: A New Feature of the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs Interactive Web-Based Tool
On December 20th, FNS released the FBG Calculator as a new feature included with the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs Interactive Web-Based Tool. The FBG Calculator was first created and hosted by the Institute of Child Nutrition, however has now been added to the Food Buying Guide Interactive Web-Based tool to create a [Read More]
Support Breastfeeding Mothers with Team Nutrition’s Breastfed Babies Welcome Here!
The USDA’s Team Nutrition initiative is pleased to announce the release of Breastfed Babies Welcome Here! resource. Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) operators can use these materials to communicate ways the child care site supports a mother’s decision to breastfeed her baby. Materials include:
School Nutrition Leadership Academy Task Force
(Top to Bottom): Rodney Taylor, Timikel Sharpe, Mary Kate Harrison, Robert Lewis, Gaye Lynn MacDonald, Julie Bauscher, Mary Hill
ICN was honored to welcome this group of leaders in child nutrition who shared their expertise [Read More]
ICN Welcomes USDA Food and Nutrition Services
The Institute of Child Nutrition welcomed USDA Food and Nutrition Services from the Southeast, Southwest, and Mountain Plains regional offices for FNS Tri-Regional Fiscal Action State Agency Training on September 27-28, 2018.