Institute of Child Nutrition

The Institute, authorized by Congress under Section 21 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 Pub.L.

230), is funded by a grant administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).

[1] The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989 (PL 101-147, Nov. 10, 1989), signed into law by President George H. W. Bush, established the National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI), which would later become the Institute of Child Nutrition.

[7][8] On February 16, 2007, the NFSMI building was designated R. Gerald Turner Hall in honor of the former University of Mississippi chancellor, who worked alongside Executive Director Dr. Josephine Martin to secure funding for the new building.

[9] The Child Nutrition Archives was established at the Institute under the 2003 Grant agreement with the USDA.