The Trump administration wants to tighten the rules governing who qualifies for food assistance, which could end up stripping more than 3 million people, including countless Minnesotans, of much-needed food assistance benefits. Hunger-relief leaders in the community, including Channel One, Great Plains Food Bank, Hunger Solutions, The Food Group and Second Harvest Heartland believe changes to SNAP disproportionately impact low-income working families, older Americans, people with disabilities and children, who could lose direct access to free school meals. Learn More.
Feeding America has updated the annual Valuation Report, which is used to establish values for donated food. Many agencies use this for tax purposes or annual reports. The average valuation is between $1.60 - $1.65. If you would like to see the full, detailed report, which has breakdown of food categories please fill out this letter and send to dfuhrman@2harvest.org.
Check out the list of Agency Partners listed on Second Harvest's website. Please take some time to review your Agency's listing and website. If you don't have a website we can also insert your Facebook page. Send any questions or corrections to Jennifer Sheda at jsheda@2harvest.org.
Produce season! Time for free farmers markets and delicious displays. We often get requests for recipes, because everyone needs new ideas right?! Here are a couple of our favorites. What's yours? Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has oodles of Google docs and the USDA has a great searchable database of recipes.
Food waste is a hot topic right now, and many of our agency partners work on the front line of this issue on a daily basis. Please join us for a conversation on reducing food waste, valuing our food and feeding more people.Learn more.
The Banner Agency pictured above are folks fromHeaven’s Table Food Shelf (HTFS) during one of their three seasonal produce distributions. Greta Lintleman (on right) is the manager of the shelf and also serves on the SHH Agency Advisory Committee. HTFS is located in Fairmont, MN and serves about 275 households per month and is also a Nutrition Assistance for Seniors (NAPS) distributor.
Be a Banner Agency! Submit a photo of your program and we'll feature it in the YARN banner above. Please also include a one-two sentence fun fact, statistic or something that excites you about your program. Send pictures to your Partner Specialist or agencies@2harvest.org.
Upcoming Events & Reminders
Coming this Fall
Change to Statistics Reporting
More to come soon!
Looking for a forum to network with other food shelves, meal programs, backpacks, produce distributions and other food assistance programs? Join the SHH Partner Network private Facebook group! Ask questions, post stuff and share best practices.
Find SHH job opportunities to share with your network. If you'd like to share your program's job postings with the network, please post on the SHH Partner Network private Facebook group.
