Expanding the Circle of Protection

"Offering of Letters" Campaign:

Bread for the World's 2012 Offering of Letters will include several simultaneous "mini-campaigns" in order to respond more quickly to what is happening in Congress. The overall campaign focuses on protecting funding for programs for hungry and poor people. Within this broader campaign to create a circle of protection are four mini-campaigns that address specific legislative topics before Congress:

• domestic nutrition assistance
• poverty-focused foreign assistance
• tax credits for low-income families
• international food aid

• For extensive resources directly related to the Offering of Letters campaign, including posters, short promotional videos, worship aids, and letter-writing basics, see www.bread.org/ol/2012. The download page includes the complete Offering of Letters Kit.

• View/download Bread for the World's annual report (194 pages, with study guide):
  Hunger 2012: Rebalancing Act: Updating U.S. Food and Farm Policies
• Farm Bill 2012 - commentary by Kansas farmer Jim French on 2012 Farm BIll politics (Oxfam America).
• Feed the Future - Official U.S. Government website for "Feed the Future," the U.S. government's global hunger and food security initiative.
• USAID blog: January 28, 2011, "Feed the Future launches Comprehensive Approach to engaging the Private Sector." Names major corporations that are involved in "Feed the Future," including Archer Daniels Midland, DuPont, Monsanto, General Mills, Cargill, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, and Wal-Mart.
• Making U.S. Trade Policy Serve Global Food Security Goals, by Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
• Interfaith Community Response to Feed the Future, by Sarah Kozyn (July 9, 2010), Africa Faith & Justice Network.
• Soaring Food Prices Hit Poor Countries, by John Ydstie (NPR: Feb. 27, 2011).

Look for updates to this list from time to time this spring.