The hunt should not end just because the food has already reached the plate.

The food sometimes reaches great heights, but at this moment is uneven.

Build a new road, and food reaches markets more cheaply.

For the first time since the start of the battle, hot food reached the Republican front lines.

American food reached 13 percent of the population of 22 million.

"The real problem is that benefits and food do not reach people who need and want them," he said.

But unless food reaches drought-stricken areas they will have no choice.

"We have relatively good confidence that the food is reaching the people who need it," one program official said.

But food is not reaching those most in need, relief workers say.

Some international relief organizations have argued that the food was reaching fewer than 1 percent of the people who needed it the most.