Allison O'Toole, Chief Executive Officer

• Mobilizing Minnesotans to end hunger together
• Inflation and Covid recovery
• The racial hunger divide

Karla Bauer, Food Rescue Specialist

• How retailers benefit from donating excess food
• Reducing food waste through food rescue
• Meat, milk and more: supporting well-rounded meals through food rescue

Angelica Klebsch, Director of Community Partnerships

• Building community partnerships for hunger relief
• Barriers facing immigrant communities
• Tailoring strategies for special populations

Sarah Moberg, Chief Operations Officer

• End-to-end supply chain: sourcing, storing, distribution
• Innovating to serve our neighbors better
• Neighbor-centered services based in collaboration and partnership

Ethan Neal, Director of Partner Operations

• How strong food shelves power hunger relief
• Mobilizing local agriculture systems for hunger relief
• Supporting a 1,000-plus network of food programs

Sarah Peterson, Director of Programs

• Increasing access to hunger relief programs and resources
• Cross-sector collaboration to improve health outcomes
• Designing equitable programs for diverse communities

• 5/10/2023 Study: Myths and Misgivings about SNAP Among Latinos
• 5/2/2023 Second Harvest Heartland, Channel One Regional Food Bank Partner on "Start Seeing Hunger" Ad
• 4/25/2023 Second Harvest Heartland, Area Hunger Relief Partners Connect 'Unprecedented' Potholes to Food Insecurity
• 4/5/2023 2022 Minnesota Food Shelf Survey Highlights Critical Role of Emergency Food System Amid Record Hunger
• 3/27/2023 Second Harvest Heartland CEO Allison O'Toole Appointed to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
• 1/25/2023 Second Harvest Heartland Statement on Critical Investments in Hunger-Fighting Programs Included in Gov. Walz and Lt. Gov. Flanagan’s Budget
• 1/24/2023 Second Harvest Heartland Welcomes Zach Rodvold as Director of Government Affairs
• 1/3/2023 Volunteering: A New Year’s Resolution That Checks All the Boxes

• 12/31/2022 A Look Back at 2022: Pandemic Ebbs, Inflation Rises
• 12/13/2022 North Minneapolis Food Shelves struggle to keep up with rising food insecurity
• 11/29/2022 More Minnesotans visiting food shelves in 2022 than in previous years
• 11/26/2022 EDITORIAL: Will you help the 1 in 10 among us who are 'food insecure'?
• 11/23/2022 Why hunger is rising in Minnesota and what can be done to help
• 11/21/2022 Food insecurity is increasing across Minnesota
• 11/21/2022 'Historic year': Food shelves face high demand, rising prices
• 11/21/2022 Food bank demand greater now than during peak of pandemic
• 11/17/2022 On Give to the Max Day, food shelves report 30% increase in need this year
• 11/10/2022 Local organization diverts food from landfill to give to families in need
• 10/28/2022 Minneapolis panel highlights partnerships, innovation in addressing racial hunger divide
• 10/27/2022 Community leaders discuss ways to bridge the racial hunger divide in Minnesota
• 10/27/2022 Local leaders looks for solutions to racial hunger divide
• 10/18/2022 Options are out there for those facing food insecurity
• 10/4/2022 Food shelves experience flood of visitors during summer of high prices
• 9/28/2022 As the White House convenes a conference on hunger and nutrition, a look at SNAP
• 9/20/2022 Expanded food stamp program may have short shelf life as hunger increases in Minnesota
• 9/13/2022 A Congress crafts new Farm Bill, food pantries send call for help
• 9/13/2022 Struggling food pantries look to congressional farm bill for assistance
• 8/31/2022 Minnesota food shelves ask for help in upcoming federal farm bill
• 8/25/2022 Food Supports Conversations with Neighbors
• 8/20/2022 'We Run Two Grocery Stores Where Everything is Free'
• 8/18/2022Keeping track of the applesauce: Federal Child Nutrition Programs make it possible for Minnesota nonprofits to serve low-income kids. But while the lunch may be free, you pay for it in paperwork.
• 7/28/2022 Two metro area food aid organizations help seniors facing food insecurity
• 7/18/2022 The “hungriest summer”: Food banks say food insecurity is rising again
• 7/12/2022 Food Banks Get Creative in Managing Volunteers
• 6/28/2022 Twin Cities food shelves brace for ‘hungriest summer ever’
• 6/24/2022 Second Harvest Senior Nutrition Program Moves to Brooklyn Park
• 6/14/2022 More Minnesotans will soon qualify for food assistance program
• 6/8/2022 Hunger-relief organizations call on lawmakers to hold special session
• 6/7/2022 As inflation’s impact deepens, ‘hungriest summer’ could be ahead for Minnesota families
• 6/1/2022 Food shelves face emptier shelves than ever amid skyrocketing demand for services
• 5/4/2022 'We're in danger of running out of food.' Higher prices and demand squeeze food banks
• 4/14/2022 'Taste like home': Food program offers free, culturally specific meals for people in need
• 4/7/2022 Second Harvest Heartland Sees Big Need for Volunteers
• 4/7/2022 How Allison O’Toole Of Second Harvest Heartland Is Helping To Address The Growing Challenge Of Food Insecurity
• 4/1/2022 Neighbors in need: Inflation squeezes Minnesota food banks
• 3/17/2022 Second Harvest Heartland encourages Minnesotans to support neighborhood food shelves during FoodShare
• 2/12/2022 How Inflation Slammed the Hungry—and the Food Banks That Help Them
• 1/15/2022 Twin Cities nonprofits face critical shortages of volunteers amid omicron surge
• 1/2/2022 America’s Hunger Pandemic Is Getting Worse