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Housing & Food Access Partnerships to Support Community

We’ve experienced firsthand over the years the important role that collaboration plays when it comes to developing food access solutions for Minnesotans, and one example of how ongoing partnerships has created change for communities in need is our Twin Cities Mobile Market program. TCMM is The Food Group’s grocery store on wheels, bringing affordable, nutritious […] Read more

Food Access Needs Remain High Looking Into the New Year: Centering community voice to create solutions

As our executive director, Sophia Lenarz-Coy, recently noted, we continue to live in unprecedented times. More Minnesotans received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds in 2023 than in any year since 2016, and food shelf visits continue to break state records. As we consider these troubling trends and look ahead to 2025, it’s important to […] Read more

Lived Experiences Have the Power to Shape Public Policy

How Individuals and Their Stories Create Community-Informed Solutions We believe that in order to solve food insecurity and hunger, solutions must come directly from the people living closest to the issue. People like Lisa, who is turning her experience navigating the emergency food system in Minnesota into advocacy work that helps others walking in similar […] 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

How Our AgriSolar Farm Is Supporting Farmers Like Lillian

We continue to be excited about the potential of our pilot project exploring AgriSolar, the practice of farming under and around solar panels, and how this practice can help expand land access for emerging farmers and increase access to affordable, long-term land leases. The Food Group is currently piloting this project at our AgriSolar farm […] Read more

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