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Second Harvest Heartland is working to end hunger through
  community partnerships.
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As Second Harvest works to ensure a high level of customer service and reliability related to our core food banking work, we are launching a service quality dashboard to measure ourselves and provide transparency and accountability to agency partners.
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ARCS
Learn more about Sibley County FoodShare’s Produce Texting Program and how you can incorporate texting to communicate with clients.


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Food Shelf
“Be the best food bank possible,” is what we heard from recent agency partner focus groups and we’re working to incorporate that feedback into our work and service to the network.

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Summer Food Service Program grant is open! Please share with existing summer feeding programs for kids, school contacts or others interested in bringing summer meals to your community.

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Find new and useful Food Rescue resources on Agency Zone such as forms, food safety guidelines, store recognition info, statistics help and more!


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In the News
U.S. Can No Longer Hide from Deep Poverty Problem
Waite House Knows Being Nurtured More Than Just Food
Over 150,000 Pounds of Food Rescued During Super Bowl
France Bans Grocery Stores from Tossing Edible Food
Be a Banner Agency! Submit a photo of your program and we’ll feature it in the YARN banner above. You may also include a one sentence fun fact or statistic about your program. Send pictures or questions to your Account Specialist or agencies@2harvest.org.
Pictured above is a produce display at 360 Communities in Burnsville

Pictured above is a produce display at 360 Communities in Burnsville. In 2016, they reorganized the layout of the food shelf to showcase fresh produce and other healthy options. This was done in partnership with The Food Group, UofM Extension and Allina Health as part of the SuperShelf pilot.

 
Important Dates & Reminders
Agency Orientation
Every other month. Train new staff, volunteers or board members.
Civil Rights Training
March 31
Primary contact training due
Fresh Produce Program Grant Deadline
April 6
Extra support, funds to start produce distribution
Requests for Comments to USDA
April 9
Urgent: Weigh in on SNAP Cuts
 
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