Created: July 14, 2021 06:14 PM
The number of people who need help finding healthy meals remains high this summer. That's why 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS is Feeding Minnesota. And now, the Cargill Foundation is stepping up to match donations to Minnesota Central Kitchen.
Minnesota Central Kitchen brings together restaurants, caterers and hunger-fighting organizations to tackle hunger and service-sector layoffs brought on by the pandemic.
More than 100 organizations, from Second Harvest Heartland to commercial kitchens, food donors and meal distributors, are working together to feed Minnesotans.
"And so we started doing that during the pandemic, to use rescued food and to re-employ, and we will continue doing it after," Robin Manthie the director of Minnesota Central Kitchen, said. "Because what we found is there's a great need for these comforting meals that are prepared and ready to go. And so we're planning to grow even coming out of the pandemic."