About Us

Hunger is real in North Central Minnesota. Every day people living in our small towns and rural areas go hungry because they don't have enough food to eat. Second Harvest North Central Food Bank has been helping local people meet basic food needs for over 20 years.

Second Harvest North Central Food Bank provides food directly to individuals and to agencies that help people in seven counties in north central Minnesota. Each year 28,700 people in this area seek emergency food assistance from Second Harvest or our 145 partner agencies. Each week we help an estimated 3.500 people (as reported by "Hunger in America 2010").

Second Harvest is a vital link between food donors and people in need. We partner with food wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers and growers, the USDA and local organizations and individuals to accept surplus food and government commodities and redistribute good quality food and grocery products to over 30 food shelves, and many child and senior nutrition programs, soup kitchens and shelters.

Second Harvest North Central Food Bank member of Feeding America, formerly known as America's Second Harvest. Feeding America is the nations largest hunger relief charity, representing a network of over 200 food banks in the United States. Our membership ensures donors, partner agencies and food recipients that we meet the highest standards of food safety, efficient distribution and governance.

We are able to distribute over 3 million pounds of food annually because of our partner relationships with Feeding America, and the other five food banks in Minnesota:

-Channel One Food Bank - Rochester, MN
-Great Plains Food Bank - Fargo, ND
-Second Harvest Heartland - Twin Cities
-Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank - Duluth, MN
-North Country Food Bank - Crookston, MN

We are also a member of Hunger Solutions Minnesota, a state-wide partnership of organizations fighting hunger.