Food Diplomacy

A series on why and how the U.S. should outdo the Islamists at charity while fighting world hunger.

Guest blogging: Mark Manary
As part of this series on food diplomacy, The Times has invited experts to comment on humanitarian aid.
It is Saturday afternoon in Blantyre, Malawi. I am a pediatrician and I have spent all week in rural Machinga running feeding centers and offering mothers high quality foods for their young children. It is refreshing to see people in Los Angeles wondering what can be done about malnutrition and the global food crisis ...

Feed to lead
FOOD DIPLOMACY
Can the United States use food aid as a tool of diplomacy? In this continuing series, we ask development experts and readers to build a better foreign aid system.