A guerilla food stall for the homeless in the City Square has vowed to continue indefinitely after lasting seven weeks without council intervention. In an echo of the unrelated Occupy Melbourne movement in which anti-establishment protesters camped in the square three years ago, volunteers from the Recycled Food Network set up a marquee each afternoon, handing out free food donated from cafes. Founder Greg Geering, 31, a computer engineer who works in Collins Street, said some homeless people say that at religious food vans and stalls, they feel they are treated more as clients than human beings, and staff often have superior attitudes and wont eat the food they are handing out. I find that to be quite disgusting. Its like, its good enough for the people on the street but not good enough for them.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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