by Kate Burggraff | Oct 17, 2025 | FFEN
Bring Your Skills to the Table: Help Food Shelves Work Better for Everyone Foundation for Essential Needs (FFEN) is looking for two passionate leaders to join our Board of Directors. If you care deeply about consistent and dignified food access for all and want to...
by Kate Burggraff | May 29, 2024 | FFEN
The number of food pantries on college campuses in Minnesota has grown in the last decade as colleges work to support students struggling with food insecurity. Operating a food pantry in a two or four year college setting can be a distinctive experience, requiring...
by Kate Burggraff | Apr 5, 2024 | FFEN
Leaders from the nine food shelves selected to participate in the Fresh Food First Learning Cohort met with FFEN for a kick-off session in March. This cohort experience is focused on decreasing food waste at food shelves while increasing fresh food available to...
by Kate Burggraff | Feb 23, 2024 | SWS
The Minnesota Food Shelf Survey is seeking individuals to join the Advisory Council to provide strategic guidance for implementation of the surveys in Spring 2025. The lead implementing agencies, University of Minnesota Extension and Foundation for Essential Needs...
by Kate Burggraff | Jan 9, 2024 | FFEN
Is your organization looking for a way to better incorporate food shelf shopper voices in its decision making process? FFEN’s Capturing Shopper Voice in Food Shelf Decision Making Pilot is an opportunity for food shelves to test out new shopper voice tools created to...
