Uncertainty about future of foreign food aid programs

Many people likely had never heard of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, before the last few weeks but have surely become familiar with it in the days since as most every news outlet in America has discussed the government agency in some form or fashion. 

USAID isn't new. In fact, it has been around since the early 1960s when it was created by President Kennedy. Originally, the program was set up to counter Soviet influence around the globe at the height of the Cold War. The idea at the time was that American security was directly linked...