Food for Soul

with Food for Soul a non-profit organization founded by chef Bottura and his wife and partner Lara Gilmore to promote social awareness about food wastage and hunger. During our offsite, Lara shared with us that, Food for Soul builds strategic alliances and resources that can create a safety network of systems that allow communities to be responsive to the social, cultural, ecological, and economic changes they face. Food for Soul aims to provide basic human needs, increase well-being and accelerate opportunities for social mobility and economic growth through partnerships, programming and professional training courses. Food for Soul also aims to build a more sustainable and inclusive food system by increasing food access, reducing food insecurity and raising awareness around the social and environmental impacts of waste. Food for Soul also promotes Refettorios – places where community building and shaping is reached through the power of hospitality; by building community spaces where guests rediscover the potential of food surplus and feel that they are part of a community, Food for Soul aims to stimulate social progress, enable food solidarity and strengthen resilience.