Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh returned contributions from 11 persons linked to the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal. Who were the 11? Early in the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal,…
Minnesota regulators have shut down three free-food distribution networks, so far. The smallest of the three took in $26 million in its only year of operation. The Star Tribune reported…
Digging deeper into the alleged free-food scandal uncovers fascinating stories in outstate Minnesota communities. It’s amazing how quickly the unlikely coincidences pile up. Yesterday, we looked at Willmar, Minnesota. Today,…
A number of cities in Greater Minnesota have been linked to the alleged free food scandal. None have received more attention than the west-central Minnesota city of Willmar. Back on…
One of the more amazing elements of the free food alleged scandal is how little outcry there has been in the community. If the now-suspended nonprofits were serving meals to…
The state Department of Education (MDE) has shut down a third nonprofit network in the free-food scandal. The Minneapolis Star Tribune has reported that MDE shut off the nonprofit network…
New York Times reporter David Fahrenthold was in Minnesota recently reporting on the Feeding Our Future scandal. His piece is a good overview of the story so far. But the…
If, as the FBI claims, fraud indeed occurred in federal free food programs on an industrial scale, the fault lies in another agency: the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In…
Under the umbrella of the now-disbanded nonprofit Feeding Our Future, the alleged free food fraud is said by the FBI to center on three private food vendor networks. One of…
The free food scandal in Minnesota centers on the since-disbanded nonprofit Feeding Our Future. The FBI alleges that large-scale fraud took place in two government programs meant to provide free…
In digging into the free food scandal, one address not in the news sticks out. It’s a sprawling office complex in the Hamline neighborhood of St. Paul, MN. It has…
In this mini-series, we have been exploring the role played by S&S Catering, one of three primary food vendors implicated in the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal. Not one person…
The free food scandal involves at least three distinct groups of alleged fraudsters. Not one person has been arrested or charged, to date. In Part 1, we introduced the group…
Much of the attention in the Feeding Our Future scandal has focused on the role of Safari Restaurant. The Safari group is just one of three networks within Feeding Our…
They say to always follow the money. The fallout from the alleged free-food scandal has claimed another Minneapolis official. This time it was the chair of the city’s public housing…
It’s been exactly 30 days since the FBI raids on the St. Anthony-based free-food nonprofit Feeding Our Future. With the passing of time, more questions have piled up than answers.…
The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota is seeking to recover assets purchased with the alleged proceeds of the Feeding Our Future scandal. As of yet, no properties have been seized. Not…
It’s been exactly four weeks since 200 officers executed FBI search warrants at the St. Anthony offices of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future and related sites. Not one person has…
Giving away free food to Minnesota children may be the fastest growing industry in the state, judging by the numbers involved in the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal. The two…
Although the beleaguered nonprofit at the center of the alleged scandal gets most of the attention, there is a lot more going on below the surface. On the surface, the…
The Jan. 20 FBI raids on Feeding Our Future was just the latest escalation in a war between the state agency and two networks of nonprofits operating food giveaways to…
What questions haven’t been answered? What questions haven’t even been asked? It’s been exactly three weeks since 200 FBI agents raided the offices of a Minnesota free food nonprofit and…
Nonprofits behind the Feeding Our Future alleged scandal argued that Minnesota children were going hungry for lack of free food distribution sites. A look at one Bloomington address suggests otherwise.…
American Experiment will pursue an aggressive education agenda in the 2022 legislative session. A primary goal will be enhanced academic and financial transparency to arm parents with the information they…