Stone Soup Cafe Greenfield

the stone soup café was established in 2012 by founding executive director ari pliskin, at the all souls church in greenfield, ma, after being prototyped at zen peacemakers’ rural western massachusetts campus in franklin county in april 2010. all souls is the café's fiscal sponsor and a vital partner. zen peacemakers' bearing witness street retreats inspired an approach that seeks to build diverse community. living on the streets for days at a time without any money, café founders experienced that soup kitchen staff would treat them with love, but not with dignity. as a result, they worked to create a new model of hunger relief in which people of all socio-economic backgrounds are treated as valuable members of a diverse and inclusive community. with support of academy award winning actor and anti-hunger activist jeff bridges, the stone soup café is part of efforts to spread a new model of hunger relief throughout the world. today, the stone soup café, provides wholesome meals and