1. Farmers agree to open their fields or orchards to volunteers to collect the food left over after the harvest.  Sometimes they will even allow volunteers to actually harvest crops if market forces make them uneconomical to harvest otherwise.

2. A Society of St. Andrew gleaning coordinator arranges for volunteers to go into the donated fields and orchards to pick up the perfectly edible food left behind.

3. The gleaning coordinator arranges for the food to be either delivered to or picked up by local agencies serving the hungry at no cost to them.

We operate gleaning ministries in several states.  Our Potato and Produce Project operates across the United States.  We do not operate outside the United States.

1. The Society of St. Andrew provides fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables to food banks (and other organizations that serve those in need) across the U.S. at no cost to them, enabling these organizations to stretch their already tight budgets.

2. We do not charge recipient organizations handling fees for the food we provide and ask that they don't charge fees for the food we provide them.

3. We are a Christian ministry that recognizes the spiritual dimension of helping others and provide spiritual growth materials to those interested.

4. The food we rescue and deliver to recipient agencies would often otherwise end up in landfills.  Our efforts therefore have a positive environmental effect.

About 33.5% of our funding comes from individuals who financially support our ministry.  Donations from churches, church agencies, and groups affiliated with churches account for 37.8% of our funding.  The remaining 28.7% of our financial support comes from foundations and corporations.  We receive no funding from government.

We have gleaning operations active in a number of states.  You can volunteer by completing the form on our Volunteer page.

The quickest and easiest way to donate to our ministry is to make a credit card donation online.  You can do so through our Donate Now page.  The page also contains information about other ways to give and about getting your church involved.

We call these deliveries "Potato Drops."  We work with churches across the U.S. in making potato drops where they in turn arrange the delivery of the food to local receiving agencies.  We appreciate churches having potato drops helping to defray the transportation cost of the food. 

YES YOU CAN!  In fact, we encourage you to do so.  We'll gladly send you some guidance on how to set up an occasional gleaning event in your area.  We only ask that you let us know how it goes when you're finished.  Also, if you are interested in serving as a gleaning coordinator in your area, please contact us.

1. Encourage your church to become a partner church with us.

2. For an even closer partnership, encourage your church to become a covenant church.

3. Have your church participate in our Lent or Advent devotions and giving programs.

4. Get your church to select our ministry as your Vacation Bible School mission project.

5. Have your church send a youth team to Harvest of Hope.

6. Go gleaning with us.

7. Use our Bible Study on hunger.

We are independently audited each year and our most recent audit is available online.  As with all nonprofit organizations, "overhead" costs include the costs associated with administration of the ministry and the costs for raising funds.  We consistently keep these costs to below 10% of our expenses.  For comparison, the Better Business Bureau's standard for nonprofit organizations is that no more than 35% of expenses be for fundraising.