WATCH: General Mills Pledges $1M to Hunger-Free Minnesota

Golden Valley-based General Mills has pledged $1 million to Hunger-Free Minnesota on top of $1 million it previously pledged to the statewide coalition, Minnesota Public Radio reported Thursday.

Hunger-Free Minnesota is a group of 100 non-profits and corporations that aims to close Minnesota's gap of 100 million missing meals a year by 2015.

General Mills CEO Ken Powell told MPR that Hunger-Free Minnesota has done a good job at increasing donations to food shelves and increasing food stamp enrollment.

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In related news, Hunger-Free Minnesota announced recently that Second Harvest Heartland Food Bank of St. Paul and Golden Valley received one of 20 grants the organization awarded with funding from General Mills, Cargill and UnitedHealth Group. Hunger-Free Minnesota did not specify the amount of the grant.