Our friend Nancy was profoundly moved by the way food served as a source of recovery, healing, and community-building during her mother’s experience with cancer. After almost a decade of planning and dreaming, she launched Purpose and Hope, an Oakland-based small business that serves nutritionally dense, handcrafted soup. Nancy shares about how her family’s Chinese heritage helps inform her use of ingredients from a medicinal standpoint, the ups and downs of running a small business, and the community partnerships she has forged to provide soup to low income and food insecure women experiencing cancer. Listen in to hear about the beauty of beets, Hatch green chiles, and a very moving story of how Nancy nurtured and grew a precious truth about the power and beauty of food.
Connect with Nancy on Instagram @purposeandhope
Order healthy, handcrafted soup for yourself or your loved ones at www.purposeandhope.com
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You can also learn more about Nancy’s journey running one of Alameda County’s first microenterprise home kitchens through this excellent coverage from Oaklandside:
https://oaklandside.org/2022/09/06/alameda-county-mehko-rules-purpose-and-hope-nancy-chang/