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As U.S. government looks to leverage food aid, producers seek other delivery methods

NPR | By Grant Blankenship
Published June 24, 2026 at 2:39 AM MDT

The U.S. is changing the way food aid is distributed to starving children around the world. It is now using aid as a diplomatic tool as nutrition bars pile up in U.S. factories.

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Grant came to public media after a career spent in newspaper photojournalism. As an all platform journalist he seeks to wed the values of public radio storytelling and the best of photojournalism online.