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Red Wing Community Collaborates on Impactful Solutions to Food Insecurity

Red Wing Community Collaborates on Impactful Solutions to Food Insecurity

by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Jan 19, 2023 | Food Shelf Profile

In August 2021, the Red Wing Area Food Shelf in Goodhue County, together with the surrounding community, began a new chapter toward creating sustainable solutions to food insecurity in the area. First and foremost, that meant changing their current curbside pickup...
LeRoy Area Food Shelf: Reimagined with Community Voice

LeRoy Area Food Shelf: Reimagined with Community Voice

by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Dec 15, 2022 | Food Shelf Profile

LeRoy Area Food Shelf, located in Mower County near Austin, needed to put healthier options and more accessible food access  on the menu for their shoppers when they first connected with FFEN in July 2021. That was the first step toward improving their impact...
Changes Lead to Big Impacts at Salvation Army Hibbing

Changes Lead to Big Impacts at Salvation Army Hibbing

by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Nov 22, 2022 | Food Shelf Profile

Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Salvation Army serving the Hibbing area in St. Louis County set their sights on making some changes to their food shelf. With their day-to-day operations confined to a small space, they initially reached out to FFEN in October...
CAC Expands Service in Faribault Community

CAC Expands Service in Faribault Community

by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Sep 15, 2022 | Food Shelf Profile

After its initial contact with FFEN in 2019, Community Action Center (CAC) in Rice County reached out once again when the COVID-19 pandemic compelled the need for increased, permanent food shelf support to augment mobile distribution and fill gaps in service within...
Minneapolis Food Shelf Takes It To Next Level

Minneapolis Food Shelf Takes It To Next Level

by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Sep 14, 2022 | Food Shelf Profile

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvest from the Heart (Cosecha del Corazon) Food Shelf began to feel growing pains as the need increased for more culturally-specific foods accessible in a choice atmosphere. And through savvy connections with Second Harvest...
McLeod Food Shelf Grows Into New Space

McLeod Food Shelf Grows Into New Space

by kristinvanheel@ffen.org | Jul 22, 2022 | Food Shelf Profile

In June 2021, FFEN was enlisted to help meet the challenges faced by the McLeod Food Shelf’s Glencoe location (one of two locations and a mobile unit) as they outgrew their space. Once the food shelf secured the new space for purchase, FFEN was tasked with consulting...
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