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Food bank and source profiles

From the pantry map popup, click a source name to open this page and review source context, usage, and known caveats.

Profiles used by the pantry locations map

Each profile matches a source label shown in popup source lists.

St. Louis Area Foodbank

Type: Regional food bank network.

How used: Compiled statewide source table input.

Caveat: Coverage may be stronger in partner service areas.

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SEMO Foodbank

Type: Regional food bank network.

How used: Web-scraped pantry listing.

Caveat: Website structure changes can affect scraping completeness.

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Ozarks Food Harvest

Type: Regional food bank network.

How used: Embedded location data parsing from its help page.

Caveat: Embedded datasets can change without notice.

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Share Food Bring Hope

Type: Regional food bank network.

How used: WordPress AJAX-backed food locator data pull.

Caveat: Coverage reflects participating network locations.

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St. Joseph Second Harvest

Type: Regional food bank network.

How used: Agency and pantry site scrape.

Caveat: Coverage may be concentrated in its service region.

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Harvesters Food Network

Type: Regional food bank network.

How used: Locator card extraction from query-based search.

Caveat: Results depend on query parameters and site behavior.

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Type: Service referral directory.

How used: Base pantry list input with service metadata.

Caveat: Can miss recent openings or closures by region.

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MO.gov Food Pantry List

Type: State administrative open-data source.

How used: Direct CSV ingestion into the merged pantry table.

Caveat: Administrative records may include stale entries.

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MO Farmers Care

Type: Statewide organization pantry list.

How used: PDF extraction and record cleanup.

Caveat: Manual extraction from PDFs can introduce parsing errors.

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Source-method details and full caveats are also documented on the Methods and Data Sources page.

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