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).
November 21, 2021 WCCO 830 AM Radio: Twins, Saints food donations available in time for Thanksgiving
November 20, 2021 StarTribune: With Thanksgiving coming, Minnesota nonprofits are struggling to cope with a national shortage of turkeys
November 10, 2021 WCCO CBS Minnesota: Converted Bus Brings Fresh, Healthy Groceries To Twin Cities Food Deserts: ‘If Your Belly’s Full, You’re Happy’
September 8, 2021 WCCO CBS Minnesota: ‘The Need Is At Historic Highs’ – Twin Cities Food Group Struggles To Find Volunteers
August 20, 2021 Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) In Her Boots Podcast: KaZoua Berry – A Call to Action
August 17, 2021 Mill City’s Farmers Market: Therapy Out of Abundance at Mhonpaj’s Garden
August 14, 2021 StarTribune: Drought hits Minnesotan’s Hmong farmers hard
August 10, 2021 Food Bank News: Food Banks Begin to Drop Fees to Pantries
July 12, 2021 KARE 11: TEGNA Foundation and KARE 11 awards $32,000 to Twin Cities nonprofit organizations
June 28, 2021 Mankato Free Press: Discount food program in town
June 2, 2021 University of St. Thomas Newsroom: Business 200 Students Adapt to Community Needs
May 11, 2021 Food Bank News: COVID creates new normal of high-performance food banks
May 1, 2021 StarTribune: Twin Cities Farmers Markets will bloom again in 2021
April 18, 2021 Mpls. St. Paul Magazine: Black farmers take root in Minnesota
April 18, 2021 Pioneer Press: Purchase of Wilder Forest Land offers ‘one-of-a-kind’ opportunity for land conservation
April 16, 2021 Minnesota Monthly: CSAs Saw a Pandemic Boom in Minnesota—But Will It Last?
March 29, 2021 Sahan Journal: The Minnesota farmer of the future may be Latino–and organic
March 6, 2021 Sun Sailor: Fare For All plans St. Louis Park Food Distribution March 17
February 26, 2021 StarTribune: Co-op supporting immigrant farmers in Minnesota gives back with food boxes for families in need
February 25, 2021 CCX Media: Fare For All Adds New Hope Location
February 10, 2021 Press Release: U.S. Senator Tina Smith Teams up with Senate Colleagues to Introduce Justice for Black Farmers Act
February 10, 2021 Sun Post: 17 churches cooperate on 100,000-meal drive for The Food Group in New Hope
February 1, 2021 CCX Media: 100,000 Meals – Local LDS Churches give to New Hope’s The Food Group
January 5, 2021 Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment: 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 StarTribune: 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 StarTribune: 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 StarTribune: 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 StarTribune: 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 StarTribune: New data project a Great Depression-level surge in hunger by fall in Minnesota
June 19, 2020 StarTribune: 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 StarTribune: More than 35,000 Minnesotans could lose access to food stamps under proposed change
November 26, 2019 StarTribune: 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]