Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Can we end hunger in Minnesota?
  Hunger-Free Minnesota launches a three-year effort today to provide 100 million more meals a year for hungry adults and children in Minnesota. How can an initiative like this work? What's needed to make it successful?11:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Rob Zeaske: Executive director, Second Harvest Heartland
  Robbin Johnson: President of the Cargill Foundation. Retired Cargill executive. Research fellow, University of Minnesoa Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
  More from MPR
  Need for food help spikes after tornado (05/28/2011)
  Meals on Wheels resumes service in Mpls. tornado zone (05/25/2011)
  State program aims to improve school lunches (05/24/2011)
  Owner of St. Paul market indicted on food stamp fraud (05/18/2011)
  'Rescued' food helps feed the hungry in Minn. (05/16/2011)
  Hungry mothers reflect on struggle to feed children (05/06/2011)
  Reduced lunch pay policies causing some students to go hungry (05/06/2011)
  At a glance: school lunch policy (05/06/2011)
  More farmers markets to accept food stamps (05/03/2011)
  A focus on healthier food for the homeless (04/28/2011)
  Study: Minnesotans miss 100 million meals each year (03/25/2011)
  Food shelves evolving with clients' needs (03/18/2011)
  Food shelves looking at March food drive to replenish stock (03/14/2011)
  Outreach encourages seniors to apply for food subsidies (03/01/2011)
  Food shelf visits up sharply in Minnesota (12/13/2010)
  Dayton: Hunger remains critical problem in Minn. (12/21/2010)
  What does it mean to be hungry in Minnesota? (01/10/2011)
  Backpacks filled with food feed kids on weekends (01/21/2011)
  Hospital hands out food to patients in need (02/04/2011)
  Minn. educators call for help keeping kids of low-income familes fed during summer (02/15/2011)
  Resources
  Hunger-Free Minnesota website
  Second Harvest Heartland
  Cargill Foundation
  Hunger Solutions Minnesota
• The latest from Syria, Yemen and Libya
  The BBC's "World Have Your Say" turns its attention to the crises in Syria, Yemen, and Libya and the affect they are having on residents who live there. Violent clashes against the government have been reported in Syria and Yemen, and in Libya NATO jets unleashed a series of air strikes on Tripoli.12:00 p.m.
  More from MPR
  NATO strike kills Gadhafi's son but leader escapes (04/30/2011)
  UN and EU condemning violent crackdown in Syria (04/27/2011)
  Trouble in Yemen could give Al-Qaida new opening (04/06/2011)
  Yemeni snipers open fire on protesters, kill 31 (03/18/2011)
  Arab world offers Obama rhetorical tightrope (05/19/2011)
  Syria uses army to crush revolt; at least 11 dead (04/25/2011)
  Resources
  BBC's World Have Your Say

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