Ua hoʻomaka nā mea hoʻokumu ʻo Mark Davis a me Bill Ritter i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana mai The Harvest no Galveston i ka makahiki 2003 ma ke ʻano he loaʻa a me ka ʻāpana hāʻawi e hana ana mai kahi keʻena hope o kahi hale pule ʻo Galveston Island. Me ka pahuhopu wā lōʻihi e hoʻokumu i kahi panakō ʻai ʻāina, ua neʻe ka hui ʻōpio i kāna mau hana i ka mahina ʻo Iune 2004 i kahi hale nui aku. ʻOiai ma ka mokupuni, ua ʻae ka wahi hou i kahi no ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka nui o nā meaʻai i ʻai ʻia, maloo, hou a paʻa hoʻi, nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe pilikino pilikino, a me nā lako hoʻomaʻemaʻe i hāʻawi pono ʻia mai nā mea hana meaʻai, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā kānaka. Ma hope iho, ua loaʻa nā nui o nā huahana i hiki ke hoʻomalu ʻia ma o ka ʻoihana hui o nā hoa hana e lawelawe ana i nā kamaʻāina mokupuni e hakakā nei me ka palekana o ka meaʻai.
Ua hoʻomaka ka ninini ʻana i ke koi no ka meaʻai i ka ʻāina nui, a ua ʻike ʻia ke wehe aʻe nei ka ʻike a nā mea hoʻokumu i ka wā i ʻoi aku ai ka lawelawe i nā palena o kona wahi mokupuni. ʻOiai ʻo ka hui e hoʻomaka nei i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi wahi kikowaena ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka meaʻai ma loko o ke kalana, ua pā ʻo Hurricane Ike. ʻOiai kūlohelohe i ke kūlohelohe i nā poʻe ʻelua a me nā waiwai, ua loaʻa ka hoʻōla ʻia mai ka ʻino i loaʻa i ka hui i nā kālā pekelala i hoʻolālā ʻia e kōkua i nā hui e lawelawe pololei ana i nā kamaʻāina e ka makani ʻino. Ua ʻae kēia i ka hui e neʻe i 2010 kāna mau hale waihona hana mai ka mokupuni i kahi hale ʻoi aku ka nui a kikowaena i Texas City a hoʻohana i ka inoa ʻo Galveston County Food Bank.