FOOD CARE MINISTRY- how it works
Donated fresh food and prepared meals are freeze-dried and packaged in air-tight food grade bags with an oxygen-absorber, providing a shelf-life of up to 25 years. The bags are labeled identifying the food and meal content and placed into a corrugate shipper case.
Most of the freeze-dried food is packaged in bags that serve between 4 to 6 people. The finished packaged cases are delivered to partnering churches for distribution to the families they determine are most in need.
Fresh food and/or prepared meals are donated by people in the local community. Every donation of food is freeze-dried and packaged for distribution.
All freeze-dried food packages for families are delivered at no cost to the partnering church. All freeze-dried products are for the families determined by the partnering church and are not for resale.
Master’s Harvest 4Him continues to raise donations to purchase more freeze-dryer units for placement into more communities to expand the Food Care Ministry.
funding needed per freeze-dryer unit
Funding needed per large capacity freeze-dryer / Annual Volume per unit= 2500 lb fresh/ 546 gallons
Approximate Unit Cost $ 4,000
Initial packaging costs $ 200
Total initial unit placement $ 4,200
Additional Food Ministry operational costs include packaging supply, shipping costs, utilities support and general unit maintenance