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Orientation to School Nutrition

Management Seminar

2Introduction Video

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Lunch at School

in the Early 1900s

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The Great Depression

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President Roosevelt’s WPA

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WPA Video

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WPA School Lunch Program

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America Goes to War

9 Impact of WWII Video

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Signing the National School Lunch Act on

June 4, 1946

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Section 2 of the National School

Lunch Act“It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress,

as a measure of national security, to safeguard

the health and well-being of the Nation’s children

and to encourage the domestic consumption of

nutritious agricultural commodities and other food,

by assisting the States, through grant-in aid and

other means, in providing an adequate supply of

food and other facilities for the establishment,

maintenance, operation and expansion of

nonprofit school lunch programs.”

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The National School Lunch Program served

a half-billion meals to six million children

during the 1946-1947 school year.

13Special Milk Program

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Growth and Prosperity

in an Uncertain World

15War on Poverty

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Child Nutrition Act of 1966

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Child Nutrition of the 1960s

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The 1968 Poor People’s March on Washington

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Hunger USA

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The White House Conference

on Food, Nutrition and Health

President Richard Nixon

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Guidelines Set for Providing Free

or Reduced Price Meals and for

Prohibiting Discrimination

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Milk Program Permanently Authorized

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Offer vs. Serve

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Cash grants allowed

in lieu of commodities

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National Education and Training Program (NET)

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Ronald Reagan elected President in 1980

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National Food Service Management Institute

University of Mississippi

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“Contract with America”

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National Food Service Management Institute

University of Mississippi

800-321-3054

nfsmi@olemiss.edu