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Food Aid Program Helps US Farms, Hobbles Anti-Hunger Efforts 
The Washington Independent | Fri, Jun 5
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Created in 1954, the program's aim was to help farmers get rid of surplus crops without sinking local food markets. Elliot said that, in the decades since, the design might have changed, but the intent has not. “We no longer have the government buying ...
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