Metro Food Justice Network (MFJN) 

FOOD SHELF ACTION TEAM

The Food Shelf Action Team aligned with the following Minnesota Food Charter Strategy:

Increase the amount of healthy foods, decrease the amount of unhealthy foods, and provide a greater variety of healthy foods that are culturally familiar to customers distributed by food banks and food shelves.

Partners: 

• The Food Shelf Action Team consisted of over 30 members from local public health, food shelves, food banks, meal programs, Extension's SNAP-Ed and EFNEP programs, and other hunger-relief organizations across the metro area.  

Action: 

• The Action Team began meeting in 2014 with the goal of finding collaborative solutions to improve the hunger relief system in the metro region to be more healthful and welcoming.

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Tools & Resources:

• Creating Healthy Food Shelves Resources, Information, and Next Steps to a Healthier Food Shelf Environment (The Open Door Resource)

• The Food Group Agency Resources

• Minneapolis Healthy Foodshelf Network

• University of Minnesota Extension Health & Nutrition - Promoting Healthy Eating at Food Shelves

• Hunger in America 2014 Report - Feeding America

• 2014 Food Shelf Snapshot Report - Hunger Solutions MN

• Feeding America's Foods to Encourage and Healthy Food Bank Hub website

• End Hunger in America's Food Pantry Best Practices Evaluation 

• Foodshare Food Pantry Best Practices Survey

• Ward Family Foundation Food Pantry Program Analysis of Strategies and Operating Practices

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Notes from Previous Meetings:​

• Click to see notes from previous meetings

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