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  (417) 865-3411
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615 N. Glenstone
Springfield, MO 65802 		 
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TRANSFORMING HUNGER INTO HOPE™
 

 
How We Work

Ozarks Food Harvest collects and distributes more than four million pounds of food annually to a network of more than 340 agencies across southwest Missouri. Food banking links global food producers with Ozarks families. Here’s how it works:

 
FOOD & SUPPLIES
FUNDING & SUPPORT


Food and related items are solicited from wholesalers, retailers, food brokers, food distributors, food industries, America's Second Harvest, The Nation's Food Bank Network, government agencies and individuals through food drives.

 

 


Food Bank support comes in the form of contracts with city, state and federal agencies, and from private sources, such as individuals, foundations and corporations.
 
 

OZARKS FOOD HARVEST

The Food Bank collects, warehouses and distributes perishable and non-perishable food and related products to hunger relief agencies, in addition to providing a variety of programs and services.



FOOD PANTRIES & OTHER
FOOD PROGRAMS

A network of more than 340 non-profit hunger-relief agencies — including soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, low-income daycare centers, and other outreach centers — serve or distribute nutritious meals for those in need in the Ozarks.



PEOPLE IN NEED

Nearly 150,000 people across southwest Missouri are at-risk of hunger. More than 40,000 of our Ozarks neighbors — largely comprised of children, the elderly and the working poor — benefit every month from the food we provide.