By: Samantha Solberg - Communications Specialist Ever wonder how the healthy, donated food from our food bank gets to food shelves and agency partners across Minnesota and Western Wisconsin? It takes a team, technology and transportation ..read more

By: Kristie Thibodeau - Minnesota Central Kitchen Account Manager There is no slowing down the momentum of Minnesota Central Kitchen! The freshly prepared meals program goes to Harvard Business School and the Feeding America Annual Feed Nourish Connect Conference ..read more

By: Maren Guptill - Public Affairs Intern    This past spring, the Advocacy Team hosted a training and letter writing session to teach volunteers about what advocacy work is, and how they can take simple steps to get involved and make a change. This month, we are highlighting an interview from Second Harvest Heartlands very own senior information technology administrator, Troy Johnson ..read more

By: Sophia Ogren-Dehn - Agency Relations Communications Specialist  Each summer, the Belle Plaine Area Food Shelf makes fresh fruits and vegetables from Second Harvest Heartland available to their whole community. In addition to regular food shelf operations, they run a produce distribution in the parking lot of a nearby athletic complex ..read more

By: Maren Guptill - Public Affairs Intern    This spring, Second Harvest Heartland hosted an advocacy training session where volunteers and employees came together to learn more about how to get involved in important food policy work. After the sessions, we interviewed participants to gather feedback on what people learned. Here is an interview with Ben Savin, a CSFP and advocacy volunteer ..read more

By: Rachel Sosnowchik - Public Affairs Specialist Every five years, Congress reauthorizes the Farm Bill, which sets funding levels and requirements for nutrition programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). Second Harvest Heartland is working with partners across the state to strengthen these important hunger-fighting programs in the 2023 Farm Bill ..read more

By: Vicky Mendez - SNAP Outreach Specialist  The Market Bucks program is an exciting way for Minnesota SNAP participants to receive additional funds to use at farmers markets, making fresh and local foods more affordable. Plus, it’s an easy way to support farmers and put more dollars right back into our local economy ..read more

By: Rachel Bittner - Annual Giving Lead As hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans face food insecurity and many food shelf partners are seeing up to 30% more visitors this summer, consistent support from monthly donations is more important than ever in the fight against hunger. Become a Monthly Giver by July 31 and your recurring gift will be matched for the first 12 months ..read more

By: Rachel Sosnowchik - Public Affairs Specialist The 2022 Minnesota legislative session has ended without needed investments in hunger-relief efforts. Learn more about what proposals were on the table and why organizations like Second Harvest Heartland are calling for lawmakers to come back and pass additional legislation ..read more

By: Samantha Solberg - Communications Specialist Thanks to food donations from growers, producers, manufacturers and businesses, we delivered more than 120 million pounds of food to meal programs and food shelves across our region last year. Here are five of the food donation partners that helped make this possible ..read more