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INTRODUCING:

A Playbook for Food Secure Communities

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Tools, insights and resources to help any community efficiently organize and implement efforts to reduce food insecurity.

The playbook emerged from the Hometown Food Security Project’s continuing work. It is being shared to help other communities tackle their unique food security challenges. It’s resources are based on real-world experiences and learnings from the Hometown Food Security Project, its partners and our community.  

A New Chapter of Service in Austin
By Alba Muñoz Saiz Lt. Juan Hernandez and his wife, Omayra, are leading a new chapter of service in Austin—rooted in faith, community, and the belief that real change happens when people work together.When Juan Hernandez first crossed the Mexican border 24 years ago...
Building a Food System That Serves Everyone
By Alba Muñoz Saiz and Ethan WattersHow the Hometown Food Security Project is shaping Austin and Mower County’s vision as a true food destinationOn a warm summer evening in Austin, Minnesota, neighbors gathered around tables, not for a meal, but for something just as...
A Fresh Perspective on Food Security
By Alba Muñoz Saiz This internship program brought new energy and new ideas to the fight against hunger in Mower County Future doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals are more regularly being taught to look beyond the exam room, to consider how...
Food Insecurity Is About More Than Hunger
Sasha Alexander, volunteer, and Linda LaVallie, Rachel's Hope executive director.  By Jenny QiFood insecurity 101 with economist Craig GundersenIn a nation that produces such a remarkable abundance of food, one might wonder whether and how anyone goes hungry...
The 2024 Hometown Food Security Impact Report
The 2024 Hometown Food Security Impact Report offers an in-depth look at our collective work to address food insecurity across Mower County. It highlights the progress of our cross-sector coalition, the power of community engagement, and the innovative strategies...

Community Assessment: Food Insecurity in Mower County

Through dozens of stakeholder interviews, surveys, community listening sessions, subject matter expert input, and countless conversations, the Coalition has complied an informative report for starting to understand hunger in our community.

Read the Mower County Food Insecurity Community Assessment Report to learn more.

Hometown Food Security Project

Hometown Food Security Project
318 Main St N.
Austin, MN 55912

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