Weekly Round-Up for September 11-15
Events:
Community Dinner/Seed Swap
We’ll be feeding you for free on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 from 5-7 PM at our program center. Bring your friends and family and join us for a home-cooked meal! We’ve combined the dinner with our bi-annual Seed Swap!
Food for Thought Pop-Up Market
We’ll be continuing Food for Thought Markets at the Yellowstone Garage from 5-7:30 pm as long as the weather permits! Join us on Thursday, September 21, 2017 for live music and local vendors.
Call for Donations
Our shelves got emptied last week! Which is good, because kids are being fed. But we need YOU to step up today and donate! Can you buy an extra can of soup, or a box of granola bars?
Can you donate funds? Just $5 feeds one child all weekend!
Donate funds here and check out our list of donation drop sites.
Next week we are on target to distribute 3,000 meals. In one week! Join us in being the change today!
Here's a list of things we're in need of:
Granola Bars
Fruit Cup
Soup
Chef Boyardee
Instant Oatmeal
Box of Cereal
In the News:
Red Lake Indian Reservation leaders hope within a few years to feed the roughly 5,000 tribal members who live there with fresh, organic produce grown on the reservation with the help of fish guts repurposed from a local factory.
Images:. John Enger | MPR News
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In 2016, there were 7.5 billion people around the world. That’s a lot of mouths to feed, and now more than ever, we need to be thinking of ways to fix our food system so that lasting impacts on our environment are positive and families of the future aren’t going hungry. Land use, seeds, distribution, and diet are all key parts to sustainable practices.
