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Food for today. Change for tomorrow.

The Food Group is a local nonprofit focused on using nutritious food to strengthen community. We help to alleviate hunger by working at the intersection of food access, equity, and nutrition. We break down barriers to growing good food and get good food to those who need it most.

Our History

Collaboration has been at the heart of our work since day one.

The original vision was to share information and resources to provide temporary assistance to those who needed help to get enough food for their families. … As time passed, the need got greater, the network responded by growing in size, knowledge and ingenuity. The capabilities of The Food Group and its partners continue to grow more effective and stronger.

Clare Kooiman, PROP Food Shelf in Eden Prairie
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Timeline 2007 - 2024. Click on link to textual version.
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Our name, The Food Group, encompasses our values, our innovative programs — from growing, to gathering, to donating and selling healthy foods — and our efforts to create an equitable and just food system.

The Food Group believes in food equity. They believe in culturally specific foods. They believe in meeting people where they are at. And most of all, they believe in dignity.

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We’re a nonprofit working at the intersection of equity and access to fresh, sustainable foods. From farming to distribution, we provide fresh food across MN and WI.

The Food Group is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. EIN 41-1246504 Contributions are tax-deductible to the full amount provided by the law.

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