Re-thinking Soup
ON BREAK FOR THE SUMMER
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RE-THINKING SOUP PROGRAMING
PAST SEASONS
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Click to view pictures from when Re-Thinking Soup went on the move to London!
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About Re-Thinking Soup:
Every Tuesday from 12:00-1:00pm, the Hull-House Museum hosts a modern day soup kitchen that is a public and communal event where we gather together and eat delicious, healthy, soup and have fresh, organic conversation about many of the urgent social, cultural, economic, and environmental food issues that we should be addressing.
Jane Addams was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and worked on many issues in her life to create the conditions of peace to flourish. We meet in the historic Residents' Dining Hall, where Upton Sinclair, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Gertrude Stein and other important social reformers met to share meals and ideas, debate one another, and conspire to change the world. Activists, farmers, doctors, economists, artists, and guest chefs join us each week to present their knowledge, ideas, and projects and foster a space where we can move toward solutions.
The bread is provided by Nicole Bergere, who grinds the grains and uses all natural ingredients and no preservatives for her baked creations. Please visit her website here.
THE HEIRLOOM FARM
The mission for the farm reflects our belief that monocultures are undesirable and dangerous for the environment and that promoting a pluralistic society is essential for a healthy democracy. The Heirloom Farm at the Hull-House Museum affirms the link between a healthy, diverse bio-culture that is sustained by varieties of heirloom fruits and vegetables, and a vibrant and diverse culture in society, promoted by artisans, farmers, ethnic restaurants and markets and by the people who support these spaces. The farm tells the stories of food, by showing and growing heirlooms crops that are imbued cultural identity, be it Italian De Cicco Broccoli, German hard-neck garlic, Chinese napa cabbage, or Purple Cherokee tomatoes. In the city, where residents are removed from the sources of their own food, the urban farm can reconnect social and cultural tradition with healthy eating, make fruits and vegetables accessible to all people, of any background, and create local networks of commerce. By growing heirloom crops, our farm reflects broader attempts to preserve a rich cultural heritage, and pursue avenues of egalitarian food access, health, and sustainability.
THE HEIRLOOM SEED LIBRARY
Seed saving is the most secure way to ensure sustainable food systems and healthful food access. By adapting this habit of conservation we are not only fostering biodiversity, but the notion of multiculturalism as well. Saving and planting seeds allows us to gather and conserve what we share culturally: food. The Seed Library asserts the connection between social, environmental and economic systems within the Chicago community. By providing free and regionally-adapted seeds to any seed library card holder, there is an opportunity for people to grow their own heirloom vegetables and to know where their food comes from. The library provides as a network as well, allowing urban farmers and gardeners to share their interest in sustaining a diverse bio-culture and educate novice farmers about the dangers of a monoculture. Hull-House Heirloom Seed Library seeks to confront food related issues and works to build a community through food.
WANNA VOLUNTEER?
For information about volunteer opportunities for Re-Thinking Soup or The Heirloom Farm, please contact Harish I Patel at harishi@uic.edu or 312.355.4683.
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Re-Thinking Soup funded in part by
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* All views expressed are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum or the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Architecture and the Arts.