Farmers will be hit hard by the dismantling of USAID

By Erika Beras,

Wailin Wong

Published February 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM EST

A pause on the release of $2 billion in foreign aid could affect the government's longest-running permanent program for international food assistance -- Food for Peace.

Erika Beras

Erika Beras (she/her) is a reporter and host for NPR's Planet Money podcast.

Wailin Wong

Wailin Wong is a long-time business and economics journalist who's reported from a Chilean mountaintop, an embalming fluid factory and lots of places in between. She is a host of The Indicator from Planet Money. Previously, she launched and co-hosted two branded podcasts for a software company and covered tech and startups for the Chicago Tribune. Wailin started her career as a correspondent for Dow Jones 瓜神appwires in Buenos Aires. In her spare time, she plays violin in one of the oldest community orchestras in the U.S.

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