The founders of Voodoo Doughnuts never had a problem going against that grain.

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The problem: It takes so much grain and other resources to produce meat, he says.

CNN: As children starve, world struggles for solution

Grain supplies for the program in the first year would not be a problem because the government has large stocks, but implementation of the program may become increasingly difficult in subsequent years, said Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at CARE Ratings.

WSJ: India Cabinet Clears Food-Security Bill

Although the Soviet Union has paid back other such grain loans, its fast-deteriorating economy has led many in Congress and outside to see it as a problem credit.

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