Food Is Expensive
Food insecurity is too common. Food prices are 30% higher now than they were at the beginning of 2020. In the past year, 32% of Minnesotans worried about whether they would have enough food, and 20% of Minnesotans regularly access the emergency food system (e.g., food shelves, SNAP, food banks) to get food.
Our emergency food system helps 20% of Minnesota households
Food banks, food shelves, and SNAP are the three primary components of the system.
Food banks, like Second Harvest Heartland, rescue and procure hundreds of millions of pounds of food and help it get to food shelves
Food shelves provide food to people in neighborhoods across the state
SNAP and other government programs provide financial assistance that people can use to buy groceries
HOW WE END HUNGER:
Food for Today
Food banks and food shelves are working hard to make sure that everyone in Minnesota has enough food to eat
Support for Community
Second Harvest Heartland is working with community partners to ensure that more people can afford their lives
Policy Change for Good
Far-reaching and long-lasting impact comes from public policy
How You Can Help
To end hunger in Minnesota, we need everyone to participate.
You can use your voice to become an anti-hunger advocate. Elected officials have the power to end hunger, but they need to hear from you, their constituents. We'll help you tell your legislators that ending hunger matters to you. It only takes a minute!
If you have more time, you can volunteer to help us pack food into smaller quantities that will get distributed to people who need it.