In 1974 The Farm founded Plenty International, a relief and development nonprofit that would enable the community to do outreach to those in need.

in 1976, a devastating earthquake struck the country of Guatemala, killing 25,000 people overnight.

A volunteer was sent down to determine if there were any way the community might provide assistance.

To combat malnutrition, Plenty volunteers introduced soy foods to the indigenous people of Guatemala.

A soy dairy was constructed to produce soy milk, soy ice cream, and other soy products.

Today some 25 years later, the soy dairy continues as a village cottage industry, distributing its products to markets and restaurants in many parts of the country.

In 1980 Plenty discovered a portion of the Third World here in the US: the South Bronx. Plenty volunteers took over an abandoned building and established expanded a free ambulance service in an area that was not served by the city.