Celebrating its 25th year of service in child nutrition, the National Food Service Management Institute is the only federally-funded national center dedicated to applied research, education and training for child nutrition programs.
In this video, Dr. Katie Wilson, executive director at NFSMI, explains how the Institute has changed but still maintains its goal of providing healthy food options to children across the country.
The Institute was established by Congress in the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989 and is funded by a grant administered through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The Institute’s state-of-the-art facility was dedicated on March 23, 2001 and designated the R. Gerald Turner building on February 16, 2007. It houses a first class training lab, an auditorium designed for distance learning and teleconferences, and the Child Nutrition Archives.