Michigan State University opened a new campus food bank in the MSU Union, as part of the university’s efforts to address growing food insecurity.
The “self-serve market,” dubbed Spartan Shelf, is open on Tuesdays from 3 p.m to 8 p.m, Thursdays from 10 a.m to 8 p.m, and Saturdays from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. It is located in room 23 in the garden level of MSUUnion.
It’s the university’s second campus food bank. The previous location, located in the Olin Health Center,had 17,000 participants in 2024, according to University Health and Wellbeing, the unit responsible for the projects. The university expects that the new location will lead to even more participants in coming years, according to a press release…