The LDS Church operates 124 bishops' storehouses worldwide, supplied by 32 Church-owned farms, ranches, orchards, and processing facilities. In 2021, those operations produced over 100 million pounds of food. Approximately 36 million pounds were distributed to bishops' storehouses, while 44 million pounds were donated through community initiatives — to external food banks and humanitarian organizations, not just LDS members.
The system is a vertically integrated food production and distribution network funded by member fast offerings. No other denomination operates a comparable food security infrastructure at this scale.
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