In two small towns in Beltrami County, members of the communities have stepped up to the plate to open new food shelves to help their neighbors in need. Near the end of 2024, the Bemidji Community Food Shelf announced that it would no longer be able to continue running its mobile food drop each month…
Hannah Douglas & Kristin Osowski at SONA – Aug. 2025 Every two years, Feeding America hosts a conference for all operations, sourcing, and agency relations related staff within its network of almost 200 partner food banks across the country. This year, the Sourcing, Operations and Neighbor Access (SONA) Conference was held in Dallas, TX in…
North Country typically conducts 5-7 mobile food distributions each month in different communities across the region. During each of these mobile distributions, long lines tend to form with people who are struggling to put food on the table. Everyone at these distributions needs help or is trying to help someone else. They all have compelling…
On October 19, 2023, North Country celebrated its 40th anniversary! North Country has proudly served communities and agency partners across its 21-county service area in northwest and west central Minnesota since 1983.
North Country Food Bank is excited to partner with Second Harvest Heartland and all of the Minnesota food banks to work on SNAP Outreach.
Every year, North Country gives out the Hunger Hero Award. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the Food Bank.