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New statewide survey: 1 in 5 Minnesota households experience food insecurity, Second Harvest Heartland tells Senate committee
Summary
Second Harvest Heartland and The Food Group presented results from a 20,000-household Wilder Research survey showing 20% of Minnesota households face food insecurity and highlighting gaps in federal data and regional disparities across the state.
Zach Rodvold, director of public affairs at Second Harvest Heartland, told the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Feb. 19 that a new household survey shows 1 in 5 Minnesota households are food insecure.
Rodvold said the food bank and partner Wilder Research surveyed 20,000 randomly selected households around the state and found food insecurity is larger than USDA figures suggest because federal data lag and use smaller samples. “1 in 5 Minnesota households are food insecure, meaning that they, weren't able to receive enough food without assistance,” Rodvold said.
Nut graf: The Wilder household survey gives committee members more recent and more granular data than the…
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