Food Aid 101

Everything you need to know about Reverse Hunger, food aid and the Farm Bill.

The Basics

• Farm Bill 101
• Food Aid 101
• Infographic- U.S. FOOD AID, Where your dollar only goes partway!
• Terms and Definitions

Further Resources

• Saving Money and Lives: The Human Side of U.S. Food Aid Reform- AJWS and Oxfam America policy brief
• The Time is Now for Food Aid Reform: Five Reasons Why U.S. Policies are Ripe for Reform in the Next Farm Bill- AJWS policy brief

Test Your Knowledge

• Are You Smarter Than Congress? Quiz

The Campaign

• Ruth Messinger explains Reverse Hunger

Educational Activities

• Investigating Food Aid: an interactive activity designed to educate teens and adults about ways that U.S. policy can have an unintended negative impact on developing countries
• How Judaism Views Food Aid: a text study to explore the biblical understanding of food aid and think critically about how we can work more effectively to alleviate global hunger
• On1foot.org: an online portal of Jewish social justice texts to help you put together your own resources on global hunger and food aid policy

For additional education materials, check out the Global Hunger Shabbat resources.