Since then, SoSA’s ministry has salvaged 255 million pounds of food and provided 765 million servings to the nation’s hungry. In Florida, SoSA has salvaged 2.4 million pounds of food and provided 7.2 million servings.

SoSA salvages food that would otherwise be wasted or thrown away and gives it to feeding programs throughout the nation. Through the Potato Project, SoSA claims commercially unmarketable produce and distributes it nationwide. Through the Gleaning Network, SoSA volunteers gather food left in fields after harvest and deliver it to local distribution centers.

Today, SoSA operates from its national headquarters in Big Island, Va.; four regional offices in North Carolina, Texas and Florida; and 14 satellite gleaning offices in five states.

It was recognized in 1984 as a United Methodist Advance Special (#801600-0) mission to raise funds for hunger relief and in 1997 by the United States Department of Agriculture as a national leader in produce reclamation.