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The goal of ending hunger doesn’t work with a “one-size fits all” solution. Each community is unique in its demography, challenges, resources and opportunities.

To address these challenges, Second Harvest Heartland initiated a pilot project in Blue Earth County to determine if stakeholders from business, nonprofit, local government, education and religious organizations could form a collaborative that could end hunger in the county on a sustained basis.

Our “Missing Meals” study, with data for Blue Earth County, provided the catalyst for organizing a broadly-based, locally-led collaborative. The county needs 2.6 million more meals each year to end hunger. Learn more about the “Feeding Our Communities Partnership” program.

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.