Who wins when we win? This question drives our efforts when we discern who our partners are in our effort to create a food secure state.

Tune in to hear Dr. Phil Knight, Gerry Brisson, president and CEO of Gleaners Community Food Bank, and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Gary McDowell this Saturday at 12:00 AM or Sunday at 9:00 PM on WJR Radio or NewsTalk 760 AM! During the COVID-19 pandemic when the need for emergency food was at its peak Director McDowell and his team searched high and low for food for the Michigan food bank network.. Director McDowell thoroughly discusses just how fragile our food supply system is and how the pandemic shined a light on it.

Director McDowell and his fellow Directors of State Agriculture Departments are members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture [NASDA] and have set an audacious goal of ending hunger in the U.S.! To learn more  https://bit.ly/3kNfXbH. They made a promise to uphold their duty to grow and enhance American agriculture to help nourish people and their communities.

While there is a lot of work to do reach food security, there are many people committed to achieving the goal! We say it often - solving hunger starts in the field. The farmers of Michigan have stood alongside of us to get #MoreFoodMoreOften2MorePeople. Hunger will NOT wait for policy change, we must do our part NOW; join the movement and help us create #FoodSecurity!