Food shelves strive to provide nutritious and fresh food items, including perishables like bread, dairy, produce and meat. The annual Minnesota Food Shelf Survey helps identify food priorities for local communities.

PEQUOT LAKES — The Lakes Area Food Shelf in Pequot Lakes announced it will open a branch facility serving Brainerd and Baxter. The decision comes following discussions with Brainerd lakes area nonprofits who believe the LAFS is the agency best able to serve growing food insecurity in Brainerd-Baxter, a news release said.

Kira Witty easily summed up how the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program affects her family.

The nonprofit organization says they have received a flood of donations following its social media post showing bare shelves.

A food shelf is open at MSP Airport​ in support of federal employees who are working without pay during the government shutdown​.

You can’t out-fundraise this problem.” Harvesters braces for a wave of hunger, food needs as SNAP benefits stop in November.

The Salvation Army in Austin runs a food shelf four days a week for two and a half hours each day.In that time from, the shelf typically sees between 40 and 50 households a day.But as of last week, that number has spiked.

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week’s end WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing on Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push to carve out food aid funding for more than 40 million Americans who stand to lose it as part of the government shutdown .