View the latest press releases, news reports, and more featuring The Food Group.
2022
October, 17 2022 WCCO News (Beret Leone): “They need your help”: Inflation hitting local food shelves hard
July 18, 2022 MinnPost (Sophia Lenarz-Coy): Minnesota, you have a problem with food inequity
April 26, 2022 WCCO (Pauline Le, Kate Raddatz): Local Nonprofit The Food Group Sees Boom in Bulk Buying Due To Inflation
April 21, 2022 CCX Media (Shannon Slatton): Fare For All offers groceries at 40% discount
March 25, 2022 Star Tribune (Gail Rosenblum): Fare For All offers discounted groceries for people facing food insecurity and anyone else
March 9, 2022 Pioneer Press (Molly Guthrey): Inflation resources & how to stretch your grocery budget
March 9, 2022 City of Bloomington: Fare For All at Creekside Community Center
January 27, 2022 MN Women’s Press (Demetria Dickinson): Seeking Agricultural Equity
January 22, 2022 StarTribune (Kelly Smith): After record year, Market Bucks program for low-income Minnesotans expands this Spring
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2021
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
February 26, 2021 StarTribune: Co-op supporting immigrant farmers in Minnesota gives back with food boxes for families in need
February 10, 2021 Press Release: U.S. Senator Tina Smith Teams up with Senate Colleagues to Introduce Justice for Black Farmers Act
2020
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 14, 2020 Red Lake Nation News: Guthrie Theater continues longtime partnership with The Food Group to host curbside food drive
September 11, 2020 StarTribune: The Food Group responds to fresh demand
September 5, 2020 ThreeSixty Journalism: Nutritious and culturally specific in a time of need
August 21, 2020 StarTribune: Some help emerges for farmers that supply local markets in the Twin Cities
August 12, 2020 Northern Spotlight: Big River Farms – Summer Update
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 14, 2020 Sun Post: The Food Group receives 20 tons of food from 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
March 6, 2020 KSTP: Minnesota nonprofit expands affordable grocery options with store on bus
