Larger-than-expected turnout forces food giveaway event to start early in Fargo “We’re stuck in this endless paycheck-to-paycheck life, but events like this do help. Every penny counts,” said one recipient of a 30-pound food basket. Written By: C.S. Hagen | × Volunteers direct traffic and hand out baskets of food at the Fargo-Moorhead Labor Temple in Fargo on Monday, Feb. 22. Because of a long line of vehicles waiting for food, organizers began giving away the 30-pound baskets an hour before the scheduled start of the event. David Samson / The Forum FARGO — When Jason Ehlert set up the food drive at the Fargo-Moorhead Labor Temple, he didn’t expect the need to be as great as it was.