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Helping Provide an Apple a Day
Vince McCoy, Food Resource Coordinator
Channel One
Channel One Food Bank and Food Shelf in Rochester know the power of fresh produce. Their Glean Team members collect leftover crops from farmers’ fields after they have been harvested for commercial use. Last year, the Glean Team brought in over 100,000 pounds of produce that the food bank and food shelf were then able to distribute to...Read More
Food Rescue Feeds Hungry People
Shaye Moris, Executive Director
Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank
The USDA’s Economic Research Service at one time estimated that 27 percent of the food produced in the United States never even makes it to our dinner tables, but instead is thrown away as waste. This is a powerful statistic and one that begs the question, “Are we doing enough to rescue usable food before it hits a landfill?...Read More
Gleaning for People in Need
Jennifer Woodford, Media, Client and Donor Relations
Channel One Food Bank and Food Shelf, Rochester
At Channel One Food Bank and Food Shelf in Rochester, we have a special group of volunteers that we call the Glean Team. The Glean Team goes out and collects leftover crops from farmers’ fields after they have been harvested for commercial use. This fresh produce is then brought into our facility and distributed to hungry families in...Read More
Why don't kids who qualify eat breakfast at school?
Susie Novak, Executive Director
North Country Food Bank, Crookston
Why don’t children who qualify eat breakfast in school? Seriously…why don’t they? In Minnesota, children who are at risk of being hungry typically don’t eat well when school is not in session. So why wouldn’t they take advantage of the breakfast programs offered in their school? It doesn’t make any sense unless...Read More
Plant to Plate: A community gardening and education project
Susan Estee, Executive Director
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank
School kids, avid gardeners and Second Harvest North Central Food Bank in Grand Rapids work together to learn about gardening and provide produce for the food shelf in Grand Rapids.The community garden is located on the grounds of the U of M North Central Research and Outreach Center, on the northeast side of Grand Rapids off Highway 169...Read More
Measuring hunger
Kate Thomas-Tielke, Intern
Hunger-Free Minnesota
Hunger is an individual and personal feeling. When one person says he is hungry, you know what he needs, but you really don’t know how he feels. Is he hungry because he’s bored? Is he hungry because he was too rushed to eat his usual breakfast this morning and had to settle for a granola bar instead? Or is he hungry because he doesn...Read More
Closing the missing meal gap
Ellie Lucas, Chief Campaign Officer
Hunger-Free Minnesota
Hunger can be a very emotional issue and many of us just don’t understand what it truly means to be hungry. When I was approached about a leadership role with Hunger-Free Minnesota, I was moved by the passionate commitment of our state’s hunger relief organizations and captivated by the fact that they had a data-driven action plan...Read More
