How food shelf is helping MSP TSA officers during shutdown

A food shelf at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport is helping Transportation Safety Administration employees working without pay during the authorities shutdown WCCO TV reports a flyer shared with WCCO reads the MAC is partnering with the Armed Forces Function Center to open a food shelf to help ease the burden Second Harvest Heartland says it plans to help meet the need at MSP and bring food for federal workers directly to the airport this week As the Twin Cities locality comes together for federal workers they re also supporting each other KARE writes that was visible this weekend at Twin Cities Pride s trunk-or-treating event After the organization put out a call to action to help people impacted by food assistance pauses the festivities doubled as a drive The organization s online requests for donations turned into a food drive with two truckloads and several tables of contributions lining the park on Sunday Conservation efforts are growing in northern Minnesota WDIO says The Nature Conservancy has permanently protected acres of forests wetlands and connected wildlife habitat in northern Minnesota This is its largest forest acquisition to date and its largest land acquisition since the purchase of more than acres to begin Glacial Ridge in A Hmong couple s vegetable farm is a refuge for visitors Sahan Journal reports Yia Lee and Chong Ge Vang opened Rainbow Garden Farm in Harris Minnesota to the community after the pandemic to offer a peaceful escape for city dwellers The farm has a rice field a reminder of their homeland in Laos and a Southeast Asian-style thatched pole shelter that has become a popular spot for photos The post How food shelf is helping MSP TSA officers during shutdown appeared first on MinnPost