Second Harvest Heartland in Brooklyn Park announced the bold challenge on Monday.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn — One of the nation’s largest food banks is Second Harvest Heartland in Brooklyn Park; on Monday, the organization announced a bold new plan to cut hunger in half for all Minnesotans by 2030.
The nonprofit’s Make Hunger History initiative aims to bring together communities, business leaders and lawmakers to fight the growing problem of food insecurity.
The rising demand is blamed on “sky-high grocery, gas and utility prices coupled with the expiration of pandemic-era emergency relief programs,” according to a Second Harvest Heartland news release.
The big food bank and its network of local food shelves are putting up the historic “cut in half” goal to motivate community leaders for the challenges they’ll face.
“This is a defining moment in our mission to end hunger,” said Allison O’Toole, CEO of Second Harvest Heartland, said …