The Food Group is excited to announce the launch of a new Twin Cities Mobile Market (TCMM) stop at the University of Minnesota. TCMM is a grocery store on wheels that stops in 29 urban neighborhoods in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Through this new campus hub, we’re bringing nutritious, affordable food directly to students’ doorsteps […] Read more
Fighting Through A Snowstorm for Change at Hunger Day 2026
Last month,food access champions proved that nothing stops Minnesotans from fighting for their neighbors. For the past 11 years, The Food Group has hosted Hunger Day on the Hill in collaboration with the Partners to End Hunger Coalition. Hunger Day is a collective day of action to advocate for a hunger-free Minnesota. Advocates were gearing […] Read more
Food Shelf Visits Hit All-Time High in 2025
Participants select groceries at Community Emergency Services (CES) in Minneapolis Minnesotans made 9,026,843 visits to food shelves in 2025, the most visits ever recorded. The data comes from The Food Group’s 2025 Minnesota Food Shelf Visits Report, which tracks 470 TEFAP-participating food shelves across Minnesota. This year marks a historic high for the fourth year in a row and 2.5 times more visits than pre-pandemic 2019. Food […] Read more
Hunger is rising in Minnesota—and we need SNAP to fight it.
Updated 7/15/25 On July 3, Congress passed their bill that cuts a devastating $186 billion—the largest cut in history—from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), reducing the program by 20 percent. The bill, signed into law on July 4, will also impose harsh work requirements that disproportionately impact parents and seniors, dramatically increase costs for […] Read more
A Note From Sophia
As we close out 2024 and look ahead to the new year, I am struck that we continue to live through unprecedented times. Unprecedented. Wasn’t that the most overused buzzword of 2020? And yet I use it now to reflect on this past year as well. When we look at food needs across our state, […] Read more
