ICN Staff Attend Chefs Move to Schools Meeting at The White House – Institute of Child Nutrition
Three ICN staff, Acting Executive Director Aleshia Hall-Campbell (front, fifth from left), Education and Training Specialist Lois Coleman (front, third from left), and Web Developer Peter Cleary (front, second from left) with members of the Chefs Move to Schools Task Force in Washington, D.C.
Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) Acting Executive Director Aleshia Hall-Campbell, Education and Training Specialist Lois Coleman and Web Developer Peter Cleary were among attendees of the Chefs Move to Schools Task Force meeting held at The White House on September 28, 2016. Task Force members included culinary educators, Chefs Move National Advisory Committee members, USDA staff, and school food service directors from around the country. The group met for two days and developed recommendations for the future of the initiative.
The Chefs Move to Schools (CMTS) program is an integral part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative and its goal of helping kids lead healthier lives. Chefs can teach new culinary techniques and recipes for healthy meals that meet the federal meal pattern requirements. By creating healthy meals that are also delicious, chefs participating in CMTS have a unique ability to make good nutrition fun and appealing in the school environment.
The Institute of Child Nutrition, part of The University of Mississippi’s School of Applied Sciences, has been working with USDA and The White House on this initiative since its inception five years ago. The Chefs Move program encourages chefs to join the fight against childhood obesity by adopting a school and working with teachers, parents, school nutrition professionals, and administrators to help educate children about food and to show them healthy eating can be fun. Working in partnership with USDA, ICN staff coordinate resources, news, and training, as well as maintain the Chefs Move website. For more information and news about Chefs Move to Schools, visit the website, chefsmovetoschools.org.
Child Nutrition Archive Interactive Kiosk on Display at Truman Library – Institute of Child Nutrition
Thom Hunter Pratt, ICN Computer Technician with the ICN interactive multi-touch display at the Truman Library.
In June of 1946, President Harry Truman signed the National School Lunch Act. As part of the 70th anniversary of the signing, the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) has partnered with the Truman Library in Independence, MO.
ICN’s interactive multi-touch display, which normally is on display in the lobby of the institute, will be on loan to the library until Fall 2016. A few items featured on the kiosk are: a welcome video featuring ICN Acting Executive Director Aleshia Hall-Campbell; the 1948 color film The School That Learned to Eat; three vintage photograph collections of child feeding programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture; three school lunch flipbooks; and a historical timeline charting the development of child nutrition programs in the United States from 1853 to present day. The kiosk also highlights videos of four past presidents of the School Nutrition Association – Shirley Watkins Bowden, Dorothy Caldwell, Josephine Martin, and Mary Nix, sharing their recollections from the early 1970s about how the needs for and the eventual creation of a national nutrition institute came about.
The exhibit will open to the public April 2, 2016.
ICN Archives travels to Anchorage, AK for the AKSNA Conference – Institute of Child Nutrition
The Institute of Child Nutrition Archives recently visited Anchorage, Alaska collecting oral histories at the AKSNA (Alaskan School Nutrition Association) Conference.
The AKSNA represents the hundreds of dedicated school nutrition professionals across the vast and wonderful state of Alaska. They are a group of dedicated professionals, that care about child nutrition so much that they make it a priority to serve Alaskan school children every day.
The variety of involvement range from cooks, bakers, food service workers and delivery drivers to warehouse personnel, coordinators, managers, supervisors and directors. All working together through the association.
Their goal: “We strive everyday to provide nutritious, federaly regulated school meals in most cases for less than the cost of a latte.”
The dedication these members have to child nutrition and serving the children of their state healthy, balanced meals is incredible! We are so impressed and inspired by AKSNA, that we are calling them Child Nutrition Heroes.
Here are a few Child Nutrition Heroes we have met so far:
Meet Lydia Wirkus
To reach the schools Wirkus will be inspecting, she begins her journey via jet.
Then, she has to switch to a propellor 4-seater.
Finally, Wirkus gets on a snowmobile or a 4-wheeler to reach the schools.
Wirkus also takes her sleeping bag and sleeping cot with her because she knows she will probably be spending the night in the school.
Meet Walter Williams
Although Williams only serves 600 students. They are spread over 23,000 square miles!
Such Dedication!
For more visit the Oral History Project Section of the Child Nutrition Archives!
Institute of Child Nutrition Facility Receives New Lettering – Institute of Child Nutrition
After 25 years, the National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI) at Ole Miss has changed its name to the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN). The change has provided ICN with a brand and image that better represents its mission and service to child nutrition professionals.
Read the full story by Emily Newton, staff writer for hottytoddy.com
Institute of Child Nutrition Staff Members Visit the White House – Institute of Child Nutrition
Chef’s Move Leadership Team Meets in D.C.
Two of ICN’s staff, Acting Executive Director Aleshia Hall-Campbell (front, second from right) and Education and Training Specialist, Lois Coleman (top left) with USDA staff and members of the Chefs Move to Schools Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C.
On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) staff members, Acting Executive Director, Dr. Aleshia Hall-Campbell and Education and Training Specialist, Lois Coleman, participated in a meeting to discuss and plan the future of the Chefs Move to Schools initiative. The group included members of the Chefs Move National Advisory Committee and USDA staff. They gathered at the White House to discuss strategies to sustain the Chefs Move to Schools program, which is part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative. The First Lady also addressed the group and praised them for their work and progress being made to improve child nutrition nationwide.
The Institute of Child Nutrition, part of The University of Mississippi’s School of Applied Sciences, has been working with USDA and The White House on this initiative since its inception five years ago. The Chefs Move program encourages chefs to join the fight against childhood obesity by adopting a school and working with teachers, parents, school nutrition professionals, and administrators to help educate children about food and to show them healthy eating can be fun. Working in partnership with USDA, ICN staff coordinate resources, news, and training, as well as maintain the Chefs Move website. For more information and news about Chefs Move to Schools, visit the website, chefsmovetoschools.org.
ICN Hosts National Advisory Council Meeting – Institute of Child Nutrition
ICN National Advisory Council members. September 2015. ICN photo by Vicki Howe
Acting Chancellor Morris Stocks welcomes the NAC
The Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) held its annual National Advisory Council Meeting September 29-30, 2015. Members of the council were welcomed to Oxford and the UM Campus by Interim Chancellor, Dr. Morris Stocks, and Dean Velmer Burton of The School of Applied Sciences.