Effective Uses of Agricultural Abundance for Hunger Relief: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Hunger, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, September 20, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 241 pages |
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... feeding centers and otherwise were the recipients , such as schools ... organizations . Enactment resulted in a more comprehensive and efficient pro ... programs . Eventually , it was Public Law 98-92 that initiated many of the measures ...
... feeding centers and otherwise were the recipients , such as schools ... organizations . Enactment resulted in a more comprehensive and efficient pro ... programs . Eventually , it was Public Law 98-92 that initiated many of the measures ...
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... feeding , nutrition , and health . In some programs , we sell a portion of the food - or rather the voluntary agencies do - and the proceeds are used to buy material to enhance the developmental impact of maternal and child health programs ...
... feeding , nutrition , and health . In some programs , we sell a portion of the food - or rather the voluntary agencies do - and the proceeds are used to buy material to enhance the developmental impact of maternal and child health programs ...
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... Association ; Mr. Robert Fondahn , presi- dent of Fondahn & Associates . Gentlemen , we thank you very much for ... Fed- eration . And we represent the Nation's dairy farmers and the coop- eratives which these producers own and operate ...
... Association ; Mr. Robert Fondahn , presi- dent of Fondahn & Associates . Gentlemen , we thank you very much for ... Fed- eration . And we represent the Nation's dairy farmers and the coop- eratives which these producers own and operate ...
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... feeding programs . The concept was based on the fact that if the prevention of malnutrition is to become a ... groups , food supplementation functions in a preven- tive , rather than a curative capacity . It provides a form of immuni ...
... feeding programs . The concept was based on the fact that if the prevention of malnutrition is to become a ... groups , food supplementation functions in a preven- tive , rather than a curative capacity . It provides a form of immuni ...
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... feeding centers . In your experience at SHARE , how would such a policy designed to target the food to the most needy affect the participants at private , voluntary , self - help , and charita- ble organizations ? Mr. SHELTON . It has ...
... feeding centers . In your experience at SHARE , how would such a policy designed to target the food to the most needy affect the participants at private , voluntary , self - help , and charita- ble organizations ? Mr. SHELTON . It has ...
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Page 12 - The program operates in cases where credit is necessary to increase or maintain US exports to a foreign market and where private financial institutions would be unwilling to provide financing without CCC guarantees.
Page 12 - The programs are targeted toward those countries where the guarantees are necessary to secure financing of the exports but which have sufficient financial strength so that foreign exchange will be available for scheduled payments. In providing this credit guarantee facility, CCC seeks to expand market opportunities for US agricultural exporters and assist long-term market development for US agricultural commodities.
Page 7 - I look forward to hearing from all our witnesses today, and ask that my entire opening statement be made part of the record. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection. [The prepared statement of Senator Frist follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON.
Page 6 - ... entire country if that were done. I would like also, because of its general information, to insert a table showing WPA wages in various parts of the country to let you know that WPA wages are considerably in excess of benefits pro \ ided for veterans and dependents of veterans. May both of these tables be inserted in the record? The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, they will be inserted at this point. It is so ordered. Mr. RICE. First, I insert a table of the statistics of public assistance under...
Page 170 - My name is Robert Fersh, and I am the executive director of the Food Research and Action Center here in Washington. FRAC, as we are commonly called, is an organization that works to alleviate hunger and poverty in the United States.
Page 211 - Key Element Reporting System (KERS) means a comprehensive national system for reporting critical key element performance data on the operation of the program in institutions. Low-income area means a geographical area in which at least 50 percent of the children are eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, as determined in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c), definition of tier I day care home. Meals means food which...
Page 14 - ... selected building trades. It covers carpenters, electricians, machinists, mechanics, pipefitters, sheet metal workers, and then on the selected building trades, bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, painters. If I may file those with the committee, Mr. Chairman, in response to Mr. Moss
Page 46 - I would like to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record a statement offered by Charles Masterton, speaking on behalf of the Sierra Club.
Page 1 - Chairman, thank you for this opportunity to share with you some of my convictions concerning funds following the child in districts undergoing desegregation.
Page 9 - Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, let me express my appreciation...