FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE
8501 54TH AVENUE NORTH, NEW HOPE, MN 55428 www.thefoodgroupmn.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: FIGHTING HUNGER. NOURISHING OUR COMMUNITY.

AGENCY SUPPORT -THE ORGANIZATION'S 217 FOOD SHELF AND MEAL PROGRAM PARNTERS RECEIVED HEALTHY, CULTURALLY SPECIFIC FOOD AND SUPPORT SERVICES FROM THE AGENCY SUPPORT TEAM. WITH COVID, FOOD NEED THROUGHOUT THE TWIN CITIES IS HISTORICALLY HIGH. THE OUTGOING POUNDS WERE UP MORE THAN 50% FROM LAST YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION ADDED 50 NEW PARTNERS, MANY OF WHICH ARE GRASSROOTS ORGNAZIATIONS THAT BEGAN DOING FOOD DISTRIBUTION WORK THIS SUMMER.

AFFORDABLE GROCERY-DUE TO COVID SAFETY CONCERNS, THE FOOD GROUP HAD TO SUSPEND TWIN CITIES MOBILE MARKET AND MODIFY THE FARE FOR ALL DELIVERY MODEL TO BECOME A DRIVE THROUGH. THIS LIMITED THE NUMBER OF SITES WE COULD STAFF TO 8 PER MONTH, CAUSING SALES TO BE LOWER THAN PREDICTED. THE FOOD GROUP WILL BEGIN A SLOW RAMP UP OF BOTH PROGRAM MODELS THIS WINTER, AS AFFORDABLE GROCERY WILL BE MORE NEEDED THAN EVER, WITH SO MANY PEOPLE'S INCOME LOWER DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

BIG RIVER FARMS - BIG RIVER FARMS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE FOOD GROUP'S 12 FARM TEAMS THIS YEAR. CSA SALES WERE UP SIGNIFICANTLY - WITH 220 SHARES SOLD BEFORE THE FOOD GROUP HAD TO CLOSE REGISTRATION. THE FOOD GROUP ALSO WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE MORE THAN $65,000 IN LOCAL, ORGANIC PRODUCE DIRECTLY FROM THE FOOD GROUP'S FARM TEAMS TO DISTRIBUTE FREE OF CHARGE TO FOOD GROUP'S NETWORK OF AGENCY PARTNERS.

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