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For weeks, we've seen empty shelves at grocery stores.

Lots of our staple food items, like beans and rice, milk and bread, are limited. And it’s adding to the anxiety about food scarcity.

But grocers and growers are telling Minnesotans that America is not running out of food. Instead, the demand is so high and unprecedented that it’s hard to keep up.

MPR News host Angela Davis checked in with those keeping our food safe and in good supply.

 is the agriculture reporter at the Star Tribune.

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Empty shelves in grocery stores are adding to the anxiety about food scarcity. But grocers and growers are telling Minnesotans that America is not running out of food. On Wednesday at 11 a.m., we check in with those keeping our food safe and in good supply.

MPR News with Angela Davis - Empty shelves in grocery stores are adding to the anxiety about food scarcity. But grocers and growers are telling Minnesotans that America is not running out of food. On Wednesday at 11 a.m., we check in with those keeping our food safe and in good supply.

MPR News with Angela Davis - How are Minnesota’s growers and grocers keeping food safe and in supply

Only a few produce items in potato and onion section. 

How are Minnesota’s growers and grocers keeping food safe and in supply

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