A Symposium on U.S. Child Nutrition Programs:
Past, Present, and Future

Conference Dates: March 20-21, 2006
Location: National Food Service Management Institute

Monday, 20th
6:00-7:00 p.m. -- Get acquainted time

7:00-8:00 p.m. -- Meeting of past American School Food Service Association/School Nutrition Association Presidents

Tuesday, 21st
8:30-9:00 -- Registration

9:00-10:00 -- Opening Session:
Welcome by Dr. Alice Clark

Sen. Thad Cochran will speak at 9:30

Dr. Josephine Martin--Former Amercian School Food Service Association President and Former Executive Director of the National Food Service Management Institute

10:00-11:15 -- Session 1: Pre-1946 U.S. Federally Funded Feeding Programs
Dr. Martha Swain--Texas Woman's University The New Deal with Heart: WPA Feeding Programs for Children During Depression and War

Dr. Janet Poppendieck--City University of New York Before the [National School Lunch] Act: Federal Participation in School Meals in the Great Depression and World War II.

11:30-1:00 Lunch:
12:30-1:00 -- Dr. Michael Devine--Director Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Dr. Devine will speak on the political environment in which the National School Lunch Act was signed.

1:00-2:15 -- Session 2: U.S. Federally Funded Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) Since 1946
Participants from state school food service programs, the School Nutrition Association, and former USDA/FNS officials discuss changes in CNP over the past 60 years and what the future holds for the programs.

2:15-2:45 -- Presentation by Shirley Watkins, former Under Secretary of Agriculture, on the role USDA/FNS plays in CNP.

2:45-3:00 -- Break

3:00-4:15 -- Closing Session: Recollections From the Front Lines of School Food Service
Life-long school food service professionals share their experiences and stories.


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