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New Channel One director working to meet anticipated food needs

hunger — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:56:57 -0500

Jennifer Woodford knows there’s a correlation between rising gas prices and longer lines at Channel One Food Bank and Food Shelf.

As the organization’s new executive director, it’s her charge to make sure the food shelf and food bank are prepared for a summer that’s expected to be one of high gas prices and increased need at Channel One.

Woodford, who served as Channel One’s communications a

The House Agriculture Committee would like your thoughts on the future of farm policy

hunger — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:54:10 -0500

Because over half a million Minnesotans are hungry…. Click here to demand a strong nutrition title in the Farm Bill. Protect SNAP and TEFAP.

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OPEN YOUR HEART SEEKS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

hunger — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:52:13 -0500

This summer Arna Yetter will be retiring after 20 years with our organization.

‘HUNGER HITS HOME’ on Food Network this weekend

hunger — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:52:31 -0500

‘HUNGER HITS HOME’
UNCOVERING THE DEVASTATING HIDDEN CRISIS OF
CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN AMERICA

Premieres April 14th 8pm|7c on Food Network

In the wealthiest nation in the world, one in five children live in the shadow of hunger.

Farm bill faces austere future

hunger — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:41:41 -0500

The House budget — which won’t become law because the Democratic-controlled Senate doesn’t plan to take it up — calls for deep cuts to agriculture and food stamp programs covered by the farm bill.

Welfare Limits Left Poor Adrift as Recession Hit

hunger — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:39:24 -0500

No Money, No Job

While data on the very poor is limited and subject to challenge, recent studies have found that as many as one in every four low-income single mothers is jobless and without cash aid — roughly four million women and children.

Feeding Teens

hunger — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:53:33 -0600

In August, Brooklyn Mosaic United Methodist Church opened a food shelf just for homeless teenagers.

“The schools (in our area) were the first to see the problem, and they began sounding the alarm,” said Rev. Rachel Morey, the pastor at Mosaic.

The church looked at data from three school districts: Anoka-Hennepin, Brooklyn Center and Osseo-Maple Grove.

South-metro food shelves focus on fresh

hunger — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:50:15 -0600

Picture a food shelf: Canned vegetables, boxes of cereal, jars of peanut butter and packages of pasta, right?

Think again.

At the Eagan and Lakeville Resource Centers, about half of the food offered to those in need has been fresh or perishable — produce, milk, eggs, even meat and fish — and this year, the growing food shelf hopes 70 percent of the food it distributes to Dakota County resi

Food Shelf Use Experiences Prodigious Growth in 2011

hunger — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:06:57 -0600

February is typically the slowest month of the year for the Eagan Resource Center’s food shelf. But this month, Eagan Resource Center Director Lisa Horn isn’t expecting any slowdown.

That’s because the number of users accessing the food shelf has grown explosively over the last two years, Horn said.

Anoka County man's calling: fresh food, free

hunger — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:29:46 -0600

Any day of the week you might find Forrest Gregory sorting through piles of lettuce at SonLight Church in Blaine, hauling boxes of fruit into Refuge of Hope Church in Andover, or lining up milk, frozen meat and avocadoes along tables at Fridley Covenant Church.

Sometimes he gets so lost in the juggling act that his wife has to remind him to come home at night.

“I’ll call him on his cell and