CONGRESS REJECTS FOOD AID FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

"Both House and Senate leaders recently rejected an administration-backed recommendation by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to allot $300 million of its food aid budget to purchase food grown by local or regional producers. Once again congressional members bowed to special interests, including agroexporters, shipping firms, and nonprofits that deliver U.S. food aid".

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