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Associated Press - October 30, 2009 3:04 PM ET
ST. PAUL, Minn. (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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