by Jake Leithiser | May 8, 2024 | In the News, News
On Thursday evening, at the SPAM Museum, a special showing was held featuring the art of students at Austin Public Schools. The exhibit, “A Work of Art — Creating Food Security,” opened up the difficult question of food insecurity to students who examined the issue...
by EthanF | Mar 27, 2024 | News
By Ethan Watters Mary Weikum has a lifetime of knowledge about food insecurity. Few people have a better understanding of food insecurity in Austin, Minnesota, than Mary Weikum. As the former director of Food Nutrition for the Austin Public Schools, she has seen...
by Jake Leithiser | Dec 19, 2023 | News
The coalition debuted the inaugural Hometown Food Security Night on Thanksgiving evening with the Austin Bruins to a resounding success. The night was an opportunity for those in attendance to learn more about the hunger crisis in their own community, while also...
by Jake Leithiser | Dec 19, 2023 | News
On Thanksgiving Thursday, the Salvation Army hosted its annual Thanksgiving dinner for the community. This year, with the coordination and support of our coalition, and with the Austin Bruins hockey team joining the effort, the dinner was a big success. The number of...
by Jake Leithiser | Nov 14, 2023 | News
Our team had the opportunity to participate in the Together at the Table Summit in Waco, TX, hosted by the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty. The summit brings together many of the leading experts on food security for several days of collaboration and...
by EthanF | Oct 16, 2023 | News
From the beginning of this initiative, it was clear that there was no singular cause for food insecurity in Mower County and there would be no singular solution. We needed to understand all of the complex facets of the issue as well as all of the resources at hand....
