Food Aid Programs
(Fact Sheet)

McGovern-Dole Food for Education
2009 Grant Awards

P.L. 480

Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust

Food Aid Success Stories
Food for Progress Success Stories
McGovern-Dole Success Stories
— Slide Show: Success Stories in School Feeding
Photo Gallery

Food Aid Reports

Reports to Congress

• The Global Effort to Reduce Child Hunger and Increase School Attendance (May 2006)
• Use of Perishable Commodities and Live Animals in Food Aid Programs (09/10/02)
• Food for Education Pilot Program: Report to Congress

Commodity Operations - Procurement Information

(416b, FFP, McGovern Dole) Ocean Freight Invitations for Bids and Awards 

Food Aid News

• President Asks Congress For An Additional $770 Million For Food Aid (05/01/08)
  — Fact Sheet: Leading  the Fight Against Hunger

• USDA Barter Initiative Helps Feed the Hungry Surplus Stocks Traded for Processed Foods Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer said today that USDA donations will exceed $100 million in a swap of government surplus raw commodity stocks for domestic and international food through USDA's "Stocks-for-Food" initiative. (04/16/08)
  — Fact Sheet:  Stocks-for-Food Initiative
• 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)
• USDA Barters Surplus Commodities To Provide $50 Million Worth of Food to Assistance Programs (07/06/07)
  — Questions and Answers about Exchanging CCC-Owned Commodities (07/20/07)
• Nutritionally Enhanced Products Boosting Food Aid Programs (U.S. Department of State; May 2007)