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Communities are not a group of likeminded people, rather a group of diverse people with a common goal nurturing their communities with food and shelter.

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  • Mayor Norton, partners deliver fresh apples to Rochester schools

    Working with Rochester Public Schools, Mayor Norton identified a gap in the early weeks of school before the federal Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (FFV) program began.

  • An Apple a Day - KIMT 3

    This collaboration exemplifies the positive impact that local partnerships can have on our community.

  • How Olmsted Medical Center is turning locally grown food into a health intervention

    The health system's new Harvesting Health program, now in its pilot phase, gives food insecure patients a weekly box of fruits and vegetables.

  • “Harvesting Health” partnership gives weekly fresh, locally-grown food to people in need

    Collaboration between Equity Eats and OMC of Rochester providing healthy, safe and reliable food sources on a weekly basis.

  • Creating a City for Health

    Each installment highlights forward-thinking strategies to address today’s food and agriculture related challenges with innovative solutions.

  • Building a sustainable food system: A conversation with Lisa Schutz

    “We need the strength of our industrialized farming, but we also need to challenge the way we procure and serve food,” she says.

  • Midwest Access

    SE MN Food Rescue & Redistribution: Equity Eats

  • Rochester Women Magazine

    Getting Fresh Product to Those in Need and Supporting Local Farmers

  • Farm Connections

    In this episode, we visit the new meadery room at Squash Blossom Farm.

  • Rochester Post Bulletin

    Non-White Cultures Still Overlooked in Minnesota’s Food Industry

  • Local non-profit works to reduce food waste.

  • Rochester Post Bulletin

    Southeast Minnesota program will rescue the food from farms otherwise left behind.

  • KTTC

    Mayor Kim Norton helps deliver apples to Rochester schools

  • Rochester Post Bulletin

    Rochester's Lisa Schutz fights hunger in minority communities

  • KTTC

    Non-profit stepping in to help farmers with unexpected overload of chickens

  • MNHouseInfo

    House Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee

As we grow, SEMNFRR continues to lay the foundation for a resilient regional food system, capable of meeting the daily and emergency needs of southern Minnesota’s diverse communities.

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