Around 96 percent of farms in the United States are owned by families, yet the top 5 percent of farms, mostly run by large corporations, make up 75 percent of sales. Making things even worse is the fact that one-third of the food produced by local families never makes it from farm to table.

The online platform CropMobster is solving this problem by helping family farms find buyers for this excess food. While supplementing their income, the platform also funnels the food to people in need, and it has already prevented more than a million servings of local food from going to waste.

“I don’t believe in competition in this sector,” Nick Papadopoulos, CEO of CropMobster. “In almost every case, these businesses are totally complementary of each other.”

Founded in 2013, the website allows farmers to list surplus food and other farm products for sale, giving buyers the opportunity to purchase these useful supplies at a rate they can afford. In addition, it lets farmers list their surplus items for donation if they so choose. The website also uses social media to get the word out about unused goods, as well as a free email list for subscribers.

CropMobster already has many success stories, including helping an elementary school to start a vegetable garden, providing an easy vehicle for a grocery delivery company to donate its leftovers, and helping the Ceres Community Project to acquire food for its healthy meal programs for the seriously ill.

“We had a professional chef posting the contents of her fridge and it was gone within the hour,” said Papadopoulos.

Find out more about this incredible platform in the video below.