Last month, 300 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 up to meet with legislators […] 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 shelf visits have risen drastically in both urban […] Read more
