Food for Peace, created in Cold War, would see the sun set in Trump budget

A mixture of U.S. idealism and Farm Belt pragmatism, the U.S. program that donates American-grown food for hunger relief and food security projects overseas would be eliminated by the Trump administration. Its proposed budget for fiscal 2018 would terminate Food for Peace Title II operations. The budget also would shutter the McGovern-Dole food program for… » Read More

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