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Leah Gardner

Leah Gardner

Leah Gardner is the policy director for Hunger Solutions Minnesota. Leah’s career has been grounded in a commitment to racial and economic justice. Leah is a Voices for Racial Justice Apprentice and a graduate of the Humphrey Institute with a Master of Public Policy.

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Help SNAP recipients shop at farmers markets | Opinion

By: and - June 16, 2021

Hunger Solutions Minnesota and its many partners throughout the state are dismayed that the Healthy Eating Here at Home program — otherwise known as “Market Bucks” — was eliminated in the agriculture budget agreement announced by lawmakers a few days ago. In a time of unprecedented food insecurity, with 1 in 9 Minnesotans struggling to […]