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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
Records, 1981-89
Folder Title: Food for Peace Day
Box: Box 75(1984)
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Last Updated: 05/3/2023
THE UNITED
THE
OF
SEAL
Food for Peace Day, 1984
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
July 10, 1984, is the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480). This legisla-
tion, signed by President Eisenhower, began the largest food assistance
program ever undertaken by one country on behalf of needy people throughout
the world, the Food for Peace program.
The productivity and abundance of U.S. agriculture have made this generosity
possible. During the thirty years of this program, more than 300 million tons of
agricultural commodities and products valued at approximately $34 billion
have been distributed to over 150 countries. This food has helped reduce
world hunger and improve nutritional standards.
The Food for Peace program has served as an example for other countries
which have joined the United States in the effort to provide food aid to needy
people. It has served as a model for others to follow and continues to meet
changing needs and situations.
The Food for Peace program has accomplished multiple objectives: to combat
hunger and malnutrition abroad, to expand export markets for U.S. agriculture,
to encourage economic advancement in developing countries, and to promote
in other ways the foreign policy of the United States.
In recognition of the accomplishments of this program, the Congress, by
Senate Joint Resolution 306, has designated July 10, 1984 as "Food for Peace
Day" and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation
in observance of that day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim July 10, 1984, as Food for Peace Day, and I call
upon the people of the United States to commemorate this occasion with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of July, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America the two hundred and ninth.
Ronald Reagon