Tom Hart

Earlier this week, I attended the Chicago Council’s Symposium on Agriculture and Food Security, and for the second year in a row heard from experts in the fight against hunger. It’s is one of the most important issues we need to address in the fight against extreme poverty – and with the introduction of the Food Aid Reform Act early last week in Congress, I’m ecstatic that smart changes are being proposed in order to more efficiently help the world’s poor. The legislation, co-sponsored by bi-partisan leaders – Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Africa Subcommittee Ranking Member Karen Bass (D-CA) – will provide much needed flexibility and overdue reforms to the way the United States currently delivers its food aid.

Efficient. Transparent. Effective. Those are some of our favorite words at ONE. It’s how taxpayer dollars should be spent, here at home and on life-saving programs around the globe. Photo credit: USAID, Flickr It only makes sense that the United States’ primary poverty-fighting organization embody those principles in the programs it supports and within its