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Breaking News Obama Budget Dramatically Shifts Food Aid Policy for First Time in Decades
Preident Obama has asked for $47.8 billion for the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development, a six percent decrease from 2012 levels, because of the lower requests for Iraq and Afghanistan. The budget proposes the most sweeping change in U.S. food aid in decades, with a plan intended to feed more people…
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Food Story of a Fishpond in Rural Mexico
This is the story of a fishpond. Not just any old fishpond, but a fishpond in Muchucuxcah (Pronounce the x like a sh), Mexico, four hours west of Cancun. I was in Muchucuxcah for ten days in January with American Jewish World Service’s Rabbinical Students Delegation. We were there to learn about global poverty, to…
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Opinion American Food Policy Harms Neediest
Food plays a central and sensory role in our lives and serves as a map of our history. Meals, recipes and the acts of eating and drinking teach us about who we are, where we live and where we come from. But at a time of the year when apples and squash flood our tables…
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