Posted on 09/15/2014 6:00:44 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Food shelves can be a life line for people dealing with poverty and hunger.
But many in the Somali-American community say finding a food shelf that caters to their religious dietary restrictions is almost impossible.
Some food shelves are trying to meet the need, but some of them already got canned beans that have already been mixed with pork and there is a literacy issue here, said community activist Fartun Weli.
A group of first-generation Somali Americans says they need help in developing a food shelf that specializes in healthy foods that do not contain pork or pork byproducts.
Its about human rights also, basic human rights to get the proper food and also healthy food, said Imam Hassan Mohamud.
With signs in hand, they marched to the Hennepin County commissioners office to ask Peter McLaughlin for help. Most live in his district and feel he can help them help themselves.
McLaughlin and the group disagree over the availability of halal or kosher food at food shelves in Minnesota.
He did say they would need to petition all county commissioners for the money to make this food shelf a reality.
The place to deal with this is going to be within the budget our budget for next year, McLaughlin said.
To get the food shelf up and running will cost $150,000, but McLaughlin says there is no plan on how much would be needed to sustain it.
The group hopes to present a proposal to the county commissioners during its budget meeting on Nov 13.
I gotta check staples....maybe they sell a post-it with cute pigglys on it.
Of course they are looking for free food.
It’s their “human right.”
I'm going out to find them tomorrow!
Too subtle?
Spread Bacon grease everywhere until they go back to the Islamic utopia of Somalia.
LOL, stamp a star of David on those! That ought to cover it.
Move
To
Somalia
Get dried beans and fix them anyway you want them. Problem solved.
If they want pork free, head over to the synagogue.
They’ll demand that it is their human right to have their meals cooked for them.
By ‘infidels’
How about a nice industrial size can of Go Back To Somalia instead. You want beans? Buy the unprocessed product and cook them yourselves like millions of Americans do daily. You can do that. But no you just come here to Bitch and Demand we acclimate to your barbaric pagan religion. Go Home and take all the of Islams working in high ranking government positions with you.
Yeah, it’s really that simple.
They want us to wait on them hand and foot.
I’m emboldened by your help. Thanks darling Zeke!
I’m busy tomorrow! Call me Martha Stewart. ;D
Fartun? What kinda name is that? Say that out loud and don’t laugh.
After defeating Nazi Germany in WWII, the United States initiated the Marshall plan which included foods to feed the German population. The Germans refused the corn products which we shipped them because “Corn ist fur schwein.” Yes, beggars often want to be choosers.
My advice to the Mohammadan community is: If you want food assistance that meets your dietary restrictions, get it from other Mohammadans. If they won’t give it to you, quityerbitchin’ and go back to the fourth world hell hole you came from.
I spent thousands of dollars and signed a personal guarantee that my WIFE would not be a Public Charge when I got her a Green Card(UK Citizen). GO BACK TO SOMALIA MOOCHERS.
The useful part about the little pieces of confetti is that they would surely work their way in around the packaging and stick, not to be noticed until brought back to the lair and unwrapped. ;)
It’s a Good Thing!
canned beans
Fartun Weli.
Fartun Weli ate too many of those beans.
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