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Press & Media

View the latest press releases, news reports and more featuring The Food Group below.

For media inquiries, please contact Sophia Lenarz-Coy, Executive Director, [email protected], by cell (612-790-1852) or office phone (763-450-3864).

January 5, 2021 Naima Dhore: Organic Farmer Cultivating Food Sovereignty

January 5, 2021 Morning Ag Clips: Educational resources for emerging farmers – Annual event creates space for diverse group of farmers to connect and learn

January 5, 2021 Press Release: Regional Conference Offers Educational Resources to Emerging Farmers

December 22, 2020 Star Tribune: More Minnesotans visited food shelves in 2020 than any year on record — and the need is expected through 2021

December 20, 2020 FOX9 KMSP: The Food Group doubles its food distribution to help families in Minnesota and Wisconsin

December 18, 2020 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine: 2020 is fully cooked

December 17, 2020 Isanti-Chisago County Star: Anoka-Ramsey Community College food shelves awarded grant to help students

December 14, 2020 Red Lake Nation News: Guthrie Theater continues longtime partnership with The Food Group to host curbside food drive

December 12, 2020 Asian American Press: Minnesota Thai Temple offers flu shots, toys, food

December 11, 2020 Broadway World: Guthrie Theater to host curbside food drive in partnership with The Food Group

November 27, 2020 Star Tribune: Annual Walk to End Hunger goes virtual for first time, raises $200,000 for Minnesota nonprofits

November 19, 2020 WCCO Mid-Morning: MOA’s Walk to End Hunger Goes Virtual This Year

November 9, 2020 KSTP: City of Minneapolis awards nearly $1 million in coronavirus relief funding to 37 local food shelves

November 5, 2020 University of MN College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences: Emerging farmers apply science, explore soil-improving crops

November 2, 2020 El Minnesota de Hoy: Twins empacan 1,200 cajas de alimentos para familias Latinx en necesidad (Twins pack 1,200 food boxes for Latinx families in need)

October 30, 2020 Southwest News Media: Fare For All is Nov.19 in Chaska

October 21, 2020 Heavy Table: Minnesota Central Kitchen, LEAFF, and the great Minnesota pandemic agriculture pivot

September 23, 2020 Sun Post: Sign me up to serve!

September 22, 2020 Sun Post: Basic necessities may be a greater challenge for families this winter

September 15, 2020 Agweek: Somali American farmer seeks to help others get started

September 11, 2020 Star Tribune: The Food Group responds to fresh demand

September 11, 2020 CCX Media: The Food Group in New Hope Hosts All-Day Packing Event on Saturday

September 9, 2020 Press Release: 100 Local Volunteers to Assemble 4,000 Essential Food Boxes in One Day for Local Hunger

September 5, 2020 ThreeSixty Journalism: Nutritious and culturally specific in a time of need

August 31, 2020 Press Release: Partnership for a Healthier America Welcomes Four New Healthy Hunger Relief Partners

August 21, 2020 Star Tribune: Some help emerges for farmers that supply local markets in the Twin Cities

August 18, 2020 CCX Media: People line up for blocks at New Hope YMCA food giveaway

August 17, 2020 Press Release: Farmers Discuss Land Access, Local Markets & Climate Change Issues with Sen. Smith

August 16, 2020 WCCO CBS Minnesota: ‘They are full of passion and energy’: Sen. Tina Smith pushing to help younger, struggling farmers

August 12, 2020 Northern Spotlight: Big River Farms – Summer Update

August 10, 2020 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine: Twin Cities Hunger Resources

July 31, 2020 Northern Spotlight: An Incubator Farm Reacts

July 31, 2020 KSTP: Allina Health host food giveaway with The Food Group

July 21, 2020 KARE 11: Minnesota food banks, shelves prepare for hunger surge

July 15, 2020 CAPI USA: Unity on Lake Street

July 14, 2020 Sun Post: The Food Group receives 20 tons of food from LDS Church

July 8, 2020 WCCO CBS Minnesota: Walz, Flanagan Announce $12 Million Effort To Combat Hunger In Minnesota Amid COVID-19

July 8, 2020 CCX Media: New Hope Food Bank Receives Big Donation From Local LDS Church

June 25, 2020 Star Tribune: New data project a Great Depression-level surge in hunger by fall in Minnesota

June 19, 2020 Star Tribune: Minneapolis organizations, groups transition to meet neighborhoods’ needs after George Floyd death

May 18, 2020 MPR News with Angela Davis: Combating food insecurity during the pandemic

May 15, 2020 Kraus Anderson Has Heart Spotlight: The Food Group

April 25, 2020 CCX Media: The Food Group in New Hope: Need for food will only increase

April 11, 2020 KARE 11: Minnesota mom’s painted thank you to essential workers sparks a movement

April 1, 2020 KARE 11: Non-profit partners with liquor stores to create food drive for those in need

March 26, 2020 Letter to our Community: Minnesota Hunger-Relief Organizations United in Service to Community

March 6, 2020 KSTP: Minnesota nonprofit expands affordable grocery options with store on bus

February 26, 2020 Press Release: Twin Cities Mobile Market Joins The Food Group

December 19, 2019 Star Tribune: More than 35,000 Minnesotans could lose access to food stamps under proposed change

November 26, 2019 Star Tribune: 1 in 11 people in our community is hungry; it doesn’t have to be that way

November 22, 2019 WCCO: Walk To End Hunger At MOA Thanksgiving Morning

October 16, 2019 Sun Post: The Food Group announces new executive director

July 10, 2019 KARE 11: Unemployment is down, so why are food insecurity numbers up?

May 16, 2019 KSTP: Summer Harvest for Kids: Shining a light on a program that helps year-round

January 22, 2019 Kare 11: Healthy ‘SuperShelf’ model growing at food shelves

November 28, 2017 FOX 9: Twin Cities program helps increase access to quality food

April 9, 2016 KSTP: Fare For All provides food for thousands of families across Minnesota

MEDIA CONTACTS

Please direct media inquiries to:

Sophia Lenarz-Coy
Executive Director
763-450-3864
[email protected]

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