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Oct 30, 2009 3:30 pm US/Central

Minn. Food Shelves To Get Donation From Farmers

ST. PAUL (AP) ― Minnesota farmers are giving 85,000 pounds of pork and more than 36,000 pounds of cheese to food shelves.

Representatives of the state Pork Board, Milk Producers Association and Soybean Research & Promotion Council announced the donation with Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Friday. The agricultural groups are working together as Minnesota Farmers Helping Families.

The food is worth more than $115,000 and will get to food shelves through Hunger Solutions Minnesota, a St. Paul-based hunger relief organization.

Pawlenty says farmers are helping others even as they struggle with their own economic challenges. Visits to food shelves have nearly doubled since 2000.

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"We are barely getting by. Donations are coming in, Minnesotans have heard the call, but it's definitely -- our overall donations have maybe maintained kind of a regular trend, but we have not kept up with the rising need at all," said Ted Evans with the Emergency Food Shelf Network last week.

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