Proposals are now being
accepted for the fiscal
year 2009 Food for
Progress and fiscal years
2009 and 2010 Food for
Education grant
programs. The deadline
for submission is COB
August 8, 2008. (The
deadline has been
extended.)
President Orders Release of Food Aid From Emerson Trust
The President directed the Secretary of Agriculture to draw down on the
Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust to meet emergency food aid needs abroad.
With this action, an estimated $200 million in emergency food aid will be made
available.
(04/14/08)