Transforming Hunger into Hope across 28 Missouri counties - now reaching 70,000 people monthly. Ozarks Food Harvest is the only food bank serving southwest Missouri. Ozarks Food Harvest is the Feeding America food bank for southwest Missouri, serving 270 charities across one-third of Missouri where 1 in 5 children & 1 in 6 adults face hunger. The Food Bank currently provides more than 20 million meals annually. Founded in 1983, Ozarks Food Harvest has worked in partnership with the community to rescue good food & supplies to a network of food pantries, kitchens and shelters, in addition to direct-relief programs such as the Weekend Backpack Program, Mobile Food Pantry, After-School & Summer Food Programs, Senior Food Program and more. As the largest umbrella organization providing support for charities in southwest Missouri, we know that hunger is a solvable problem. Ozarks Food Harvest has a mission of Transforming Hunger into Hope.