More Than Just Showing Up: My Experience Volunteering at La Soupe
I never thought volunteering would become something I genuinely look forward to, but La Soupe changed that for me.
As Gen Z, we are often connected through screens. We care about issues like food waste and hunger, but we are not always physically involved in our communities. Volunteering with La Soupe is a chance for something different. It pulls you off your phone and puts you into real action with real impact. Fighting food insecurity with La Soupe, you're not just hearing about change. You are part of it.
Field Notes: Jazz in a Rescue Kitchen
Step inside La Soupe and you’ll find something that looks like chaos, but runs with surprising rhythm. Volunteers, chefs, and ever-changing ingredients come together in a system that doesn’t rely on rigid rules, but on adaptability, trust, and flow. It’s less like a traditional kitchen and more like a jazz band, improvising in real time to create something cohesive and impactful. Curious how it all works? Read more about the unique rhythm behind our rescue kitchen.
Advancing Our Food as Medicine Work: A Strategic Shift in How We Deliver Impact
La Soupe is entering a new chapter in how we deliver our Food as Medicine program. After years of learning through pilots and partnerships, we’re making a strategic shift to expand our reach and serve more individuals with medically tailored meals. What’s changing and why now?
Learn more about how this evolution will help us scale impact, strengthen partnerships, and bring nourishing food to more people who need it most.
Where Our Forks Point: Reflections on Change, Community, and the Future of Food
At La Soupe, we believe that chefs are catalysts for change. We’re more than cooks. We’re educators, advocates, and connectors shaping what’s grown, how it’s grown, and how it’s shared. But this influence isn’t ours alone. Every home cook, volunteer, and eater has power. Every farmers market visit, every choice to support a local business, every hour given to a community kitchen helps build a better system.
Turning Good Food into Good Days Across Our Community
At La Soupe, our mission is clear: rescue nutritious food, transform it with care, and share it as ready-to-eat meals that nourish our community. Every partnership we build is rooted in that purpose — ensuring good food never goes to waste and that neighbors can count on dignified, delicious meals.
Celebrating the Heart of La Soupe: Our Volunteers
Every hour volunteered, every mile driven, and every meal saved fuels La Soupe’s mission. As we celebrate ten years of operation and look ahead to what’s next, we do so with deep gratitude for the volunteers who continue to show up — quietly, generously, and wholeheartedly.
You are the heart of La Soupe. Thank you for making this work possible.
Feeding Innovation: How Local Kitchens Are Transforming Food Rescue in Their Communities
Across the U.S., communities are searching for sustainable ways to fight food insecurity—and many are finding answers in La Soupe’s chef-driven Rescue Transform Share™ model. This approach turns rescued ingredients into nutritious meals while restoring dignity to the emergency food system
Blooming for Good: How a Local Child has turned flowers into La Soupe Donations
On a corner in Fort Thomas, a little flower stand became a bright spot for neighbors each weekend. Josie Soltes, a youngster with a smile as adorable as the zinnias she sells, stood behind the stand most summer weekends, raising donations for La Soupe.
From Rejected to Rescued: Building a Better Path for Declined Food Loads
At La Soupe, we see firsthand how these rejected loads can still lead to recovery. Recently, several pallets of milk were dismissed when a sudden hard stop caused them to shift off their pallets in transit.
Give A Crock cooking classes have helped students find confidence in the kitchen since 2015
This six-week program, taught in schools and community partners by La Soupe’s trained culinary instructors, shows students the basics of cooking–how to measure ingredients, how to properly use a chef’s knife, and most importantly, how to create enjoyable food from scratch.
La Soupe’s Rescue Kitchen Network Is Growing, and it’s Looking for New Partners
Big things are cooking in La Soupe’s kitchen—literally and figuratively.
We’re thrilled to share that the second cohort of La Soupe’s Capacity Building Program has officially graduated! These rockstar organizations are now stepping into the next phase: scaling up their kitchens and launching their own Rescue Kitchens to fight food waste and food insecurity in their communities.