Great Plains Food Bank sees record demand

John Hoffman, a volunteer at the Dream Center in Bismarck, moves boxes of food from a pallet to a shelf in the facility storage area on Aug. 5, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

John Hoffman, a volunteer at the Dream Center in Bismarck, moves boxes of food from a pallet to a shelf in the facility storage area on Aug. 5, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

By Michael Achterling | North Dakota Monitor More than 186,000 people received help from the Great Plains Food Bank’s network of food pantries in the past year, a record for the organization.

The food bank, which serves North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota, said 1 in 4 people in the region relied on the network during the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to Ann Prifrel, CEO of the Great…