Legislation introduced in Congress to shift control of the Food for Peace international food assistance program to USDA is receiving support from 
agricultural groups. U.S. Dry Bean Council Executive Director Danny Raulerson called it a positive move. “The food aid programs are very important to our industry, both in terms of helping regulate volume and providing a great outlet through the USDA’s procurement process,” Raulerson said. “There are a lot of starving people, both domestically and around the world, and they are currently being provided the best agricultural products grown in the world.” The 70-year-old program, previously overseen by USAID, was dismantled by the Trump administration, making its future uncertain.
