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Food Security and Hunger

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Blogger bake sale to benefit Share Our Strength

    Food bloggers from around the Twin Cities are banding together this Saturday, April 28, at Midtown Global Market for the third-annual Blogger Bake Sale, which benefits a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America. The bloggers will be selling bread, cookies, cake pops, and even jams and mu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 29, 2012

    Share Our Strength's Minneapolis Cakewalk

    Food bloggers from around the Twin Cities are banding together this Saturday, April 28, at Midtown Global Market for the third-annual Blogger Bake Sale, which benefits a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America. The bloggers will be selling bread, cookies, cake pops, and even jams and mu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2011

    Food Fight

    Food bloggers from around the Twin Cities are banding together this Saturday, April 28, at Midtown Global Market for the third-annual Blogger Bake Sale, which benefits a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America. The bloggers will be selling bread, cookies, cake pops, and even jams and mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Bono, K'naan meet with Somali activists in Minnesota

    Photo courtesy ONE​In addition to braving a downpour of rain to perform in front of nearly 60,000 fans on Saturday night at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium, U2 frontman Bono took time on Saturday afternoon to meet with singer and rapper K'naan and several Somali activists from Minne ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2011

    Summit Avenue Garden Stroll

    Photo courtesy ONE​In addition to braving a downpour of rain to perform in front of nearly 60,000 fans on Saturday night at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium, U2 frontman Bono took time on Saturday afternoon to meet with singer and rapper K'naan and several Somali activists from Minne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Food "rescued" from grocery stores helps stock food shelves

    Second Harvest HeartlandGrocers give food to the hungry that would otherwise go to waste. ​MPR's series on hunger in Minnesota recently looked into food waste and reported that the state throws away nearly 715 million pounds of food every year. Wow. Considering the average person eats about fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Great American Bake Sale at the Global Market

    Buy cupcakes. End hunger. ​On Saturday, May 14, the Minnesota Chapter of National Food Bloggers is hosting the 2011 Great American Bake Sale at the Midtown Global Market's shared commercial kitchen, Kitchen in the Market. Proceeds will benefit Share Our Strength, a nonprofit that fights childh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Matt Damon acts destitute in Minnetonka for a good cause [VIDEO]

    Matt Damon plays a jobless man from Minnetonka in a new PSA for Feeding America.​Being an unemployed husband, and father of two kids, is no laughing matter. But Minnetonka's Steve Gallagher and Hollywood hot shot Matt Damon have teamed up for a PSA on fighting hunger that tries to offer a smil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    USDA report says nearly 15% of U.S. homes worry about food

    Global X / FlickrMinnesota's food insecurity is better than average but getting worse​Nearly 15% of American households are "food insecure"--meaning they had to worry about having enough food to eat last year, used government or community food programs, or sometimes went hungry, according to a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Coffee Festival comes to Calhoun Square on Saturday

    Judge the brews AND feed the hungry.Ready to play a part in deciding who's roasting up the best brew in the cities? Then you need to hit up the Calhoun Coffee Festival 2010 on Saturday at Calhoun Square from 10 a.m. to  3 p.m. For a $10 donation, festival-goers receive a commemorative mug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Red Stag's Farm Fresh Feast benefits Emergency Foodshelf Network

    Tickets for the Red Stag Supperclub's Farm Fresh Feast are now available​Monday, October 11 will mark the inaugural Farm Fresh Feast at the Red Stag Supperclub in Northeast Minneapolis. This special farm to table dinner event will feature a prix fixe menu by Red Stag Chef Jason Blair, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Burger Jones video contest winner announced

    Earlier this summer, Burger Jones challenged its fans to create a short video co-promoting the restaurant and Fat Tire beer. Check out the work of contest winner Andrew Carlson, a 22-year-old student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, who created this retro 'newsreel' entitled "Hunger ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Al Franken declares Minnesota sweet corn the best in the world

    Senator Franken sans ear of corn​Minnesota Senator Al Franken may spend most of his time in D.C., but his mind is often on the state's food: getting it to needy children, pumping up farmers markets, and even bragging about the sweetness of our corn.

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2009

    Walk to End Hunger

    Senator Franken sans ear of corn​Minnesota Senator Al Franken may spend most of his time in D.C., but his mind is often on the state's food: getting it to needy children, pumping up farmers markets, and even bragging about the sweetness of our corn.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    NYT: "Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger?"

    Are you for or against genetically-modified foods? Read this NYT article and see if you still feel the same way.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Stream Bob Dylan's "Must Be Santa"

    Stream a bizarre new track from Bob Dylan's "Christmas in the Heart."

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2009

    Brew at the Zoo

    Stream a bizarre new track from Bob Dylan's "Christmas in the Heart."

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Schwan's offering $10 worth of free grub

    Schwan's wants you to give them a whirl. The home delivery company is offering $10 of free food to the first 500,000 people to sign up.

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    SpongeBob inspires world's largest cupcake at Mall of America

    Pigs are celebrating SpongeBob's birthday in style. A local company awards the world's largest cupcake to a farm.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Taste of the Nation June 12

    Help fight childhood hunger...by eating at drinking at Hotel Minneapolis.

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Learn about urban fruit trees at Common Roots

    We might not be able to grow lemons or loquats, but you'd be surprised how many types of fruit trees will thrive in the Twin Cities. Find out more Tuesday night!

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2009

    Sippin' at the Ritz

    We might not be able to grow lemons or loquats, but you'd be surprised how many types of fruit trees will thrive in the Twin Cities. Find out more Tuesday night!

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Michael Phelps Kellogg boxes donated to CA food bank

    Kellogg's has donated thousands of castoff Michael Phelps boxes to a San Franscisco bank.

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Despite Ellison's concerns, Israel says pasta isn't food aid

    How did Israel respond to U.S. questioning about block pasta at the border? Americans are simply uninformed about food aid.

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2008

    Moonshine on the Mississippi New Year's Eve Gala

    How did Israel respond to U.S. questioning about block pasta at the border? Americans are simply uninformed about food aid.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Iron Fork: Tonight at 6

    How did Israel respond to U.S. questioning about block pasta at the border? Americans are simply uninformed about food aid.

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2007

    City Pages Iron Fork

    How did Israel respond to U.S. questioning about block pasta at the border? Americans are simply uninformed about food aid.

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2005

    11/25: Morning Communique

    How did Israel respond to U.S. questioning about block pasta at the border? Americans are simply uninformed about food aid.

  • News

    September 15, 2004

    Something Rotten

    Organic food is not for just anybody

  • Books

    April 14, 2004

    Farmer John Is Killing You

    You want healthy food? Go back to spearing antelope.

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    The Wisconsin Way

    Pawlenty's welfare reforms are modeled on ideas that have already failed in the state next door

  • Feature

    October 30, 1996

    The Evil of Two Lessers

    Pawlenty's welfare reforms are modeled on ideas that have already failed in the state next door

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