The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm with 69 offices in 40 countries. The findings in this article are based on a pro-bono assignment conducted by BCG on behalf of Second Harvest Heartland.

Minnesota’s Feeding America Food Banks

More than 200 food banks nationwide belong to Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief network. Minnesota’s six Feeding America food banks, including Second Harvest Heartland in St. Paul, Minn.; North Country Food Bank in Crookston, Minn.; Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank in Duluth, Minn.; Second Harvest North Central Food Bank in Grand Rapids, Minn.; Channel One Food Bank in Rochester, Minn.; and Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo, N.D., collectively distributed nearly 70 million pounds of grocery products last year to hungry seniors, families and children through more than 2,500 non-profit member agencies and programs, including food shelves, soup kitchens, shelters, senior centers, faith-based organizations, and children’s after-school programs. Together, Minnesota’s six Feeding America food banks serve 86 counties in Minnesota, 53 counties in North Dakota, and 24 counties in western Wisconsin. To learn more about each of Minnesota’s six Feeding America food banks, visit their respective web sites below.

• Second Harvest Heartland
• North Country Food Bank
• Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank
• Second Harvest North Central Food Bank
• Channel One Food Bank
• Great Plains Food Bank

The 125 Million Meals data includes conversion formulas and the assumptions used for them.
Most of the data is "as good as what is available," and primarily includes information as recent as 2007.
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