Bonnie Opheim, a volunteer at the Manna Market at SonLight Church of the Nazarene in Blaine, Minn., sorts through food rescued from Twin Cities grocery stores on May 5, 2011. The market gives fresh food away free to low-income Minnesotans. (MPR Photo/Julie Siple)
US farms and global hunger
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We've recently been hearing stories of the starving families in the horn of Africa and hungry children in the Twin Cities suburbs. Midmorning examines why hunger persists and what policies and programs Americans support to help those in need.
Guests
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Tammy Walhof: Bread for the World, Senior Regional Organizer in the Upper Midwest and Plains Regional Office.
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Colleen Moriarty: Executive Director of Hunger Solutions Minnesota.
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Stephen Scanlan: Associate Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio University.
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