Second Harvest Heartland

“We're out there all the time looking for different opportunities and partnerships to increase protein,” Lindsey continues. “It's one of the most expensive items that our neighbors have to put on their plates and knowing therefore that it's one of the most in demand [items] at our partners.” Since our fiscal year started in October, we’ve sourced over 1M pounds of protein and distributed almost 20% more protein to date than last year. 

We are so excited to celebrate White Bear Area Food Shelf, a partner of Second Harvest Heartland, for their new and innovative Community Market in White Bear Lake, MN. This market aims to care for the community by providing neighbors with fresh, healthy food, free of charge, as well as a community resource hub. https://bit.ly/3W7KDYw

Have you ever considered giving monthly? It's provides reliable, ongoing support to power our food bank operations and keeps our hunger-relief programs as strong as possible now, and in the months ahead. https://bit.ly/3WkcAgW

⚽💙 With our love of the game connecting us, we firmly believe that we can help create a more just and equitable world. 💙⚽ The staff of MNUFC was here to pack with us today! You can join in on the impact by getting involved with us or your local food shelf. Get your shift here: https://bit.ly/3Yijjtp Minnesota United FC are using the game as a force for positive change in the Twin Cities. #OneMN

We are so proud of our partner Calvary Lutheran Church who have been innovating and changing as needs in their community have changed. They have housed a small food shelf for more than 40 years, but when the pandemic and events following the murder of George Floyd brought heightened need to the area, Calvary expanded their food support. https://bit.ly/3xU9abj

You already know our team is full of amazing people who care for our neighbors. Now, they are quicker than before - making sure orders get out to our partners in a method that's safe and orderly. By using process mapping and optimizing our food storage strategies, Second Harvest Heartland's warehouse teams are assembling food shelf partner's orders faster and getting 20% more pounds of food out the door each day. We have also cross trained our warehouse staff to increase flexibility and maximize the power of the team to keep up with record demand. #FoodStorage #ProcessMapping #Warehouse #MakeHungerHistory #FoodBank

We’re making progress on a bold goal: cutting hunger in half for all Minnesotans by 2030. Partnerships and food streams allowed us to bring in more food to help meet the increasing needs of our neighbors. Significant adjustments to Second Harvest Heartland’s operations and sourcing methods are already in place, but there are many more pieces to the puzzle. Keep following along with us! #MakeHungerHistory #FoodStreams #FoodBanking #Hunger

“As we work to Make Hunger History, a big piece of my role is to transform our supply chain to ensure that we can continue to deliver against the growing need in Minnesota,” says Senior Director of Supply Chain Toni Scott We hit the ground running this spring on our first pillar of Make Hunger History—getting more of the right food, right where it’s needed. We’re improving our food sourcing and operations in various ways to make that happen. “There's a lot of different partnerships and a lot of different ways that food makes its way here,” explains Director of Sourcing and Demand Planning Lindsey Ochmanek. “We need to be really thoughtful about making sure that we are meeting the needs of our neighbors.” https://bit.ly/4c9zJs2 #FoodSourcing #FoodBanking #SupplyChain #MakeHungerHistory

“It’s a lot of anticipating the things that are challenging to anticipate.” - Andrea Johnson, Purchasing Specialist Second Harvest Heartland’s Sourcing and Demand Planning Team works closely with addressing the rising need for food, bringing in more and more pounds each year—but it does not prevent Andrea from continuing to examine the root causes of hunger and encouraging others to examine the models outside of the traditional hunger relief system. “In my dream world, [Second Harvest Heartland] wouldn’t exist. There wouldn’t need to be an emergency hunger relief system. But things are always going to happen. There are so many people in this country who are doing everything they can, working full time hours, multiple jobs, struggling to take care of their own health, the health of their families, and their loved ones, and they can’t get access to the food they need,” says Andrea. “When I started learning about food it all clicked—after water it’s the thing we all literally need to survive.”

We hit the ground running this spring on our first pillar of Make Hunger History—getting more of the right food, right where it’s needed. We’re improving our food sourcing and operations in various ways to make that happen. #FoodBank #MakeHungerHistory #FoodInsecurity #Nonprofit