Support Food for Peace

USA Maritime, a coalition of American maritime labor unions and U.S.-flag shipping companies, strongly opposes the Administration’s proposal to replace the time-tested Food for Peace (PL 480) Program with a cash-based system (the “Emergency Food Security Program” or EFSP) that sends American taxpayer dollars overseas instead of nutritious American-grown food.  PL 480 is an effective, efficient, accountable, and transparent program that saves lives by sending U.S. food to the neediest people overseas while providing important benefits here at home too. READ MORE ONLINE (PDF)