In this case, that someone is a big company from another country. In the case of donating food in general, instead of the money going to some local farmer, it g

In this case, that someone is a big company from another country. In the case of donating food in general, instead of the money going to some local farmer, it goes to some farmer in Brazil. The economics of this are a bit more complicated than that though. If importing food from Brazil was cheaper, someone should already be doing it without any charitable intentions. And if if it's not, then it makes more sense for the charity to buy the food locally than pay more to import it.