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New Breedlove Program
The
Office of Food for Peace would like to announce the programming of $750,000
FY 01 Title II emergency funds through a new nine-month grant agreement with
the U.S. non-profit Breedlove Dehydrated Foods organization. The grant
is for the preparation (processing and packaging) of 365 metric tons of shelf-stable
prepackaged commodities, and, for the establishment, stockpiling, and maintenance
of those commodities. Once produced, the commodities will be made available
by Breedlove Dehydrated Foods to U.S. non-profit organizations engaged in
humanitarian relief operations overseas.
This new program activity contributes to the implementation of “The International
Food Relief Partnership (IFRP)”, which is a Title II food aid initiative,
and is pursuant to Section 208 of the Agricultural Trade and Development
and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended. In accordance with new legislation
passed by the 106th Congress and signed by the President on November 9,2000,
the Agency now has the authority to provide grant agreements to U.S. non-profit
producer organizations for the preparation and storage of shelf-stable prepackaged
foods. The foods must be made available by the producer organizations
to other U.S. non-profit distribution organizations for rapid transportation,
delivery, and distribution.
The Agency is now in the process of accepting and reviewing proposals for
grant agreements from U.S. non-profit distributing organizations interested
in programming the transportation and distribution of the commodities now
being produced by Breedlove Dehydrated Foods.
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