By Brenna Fox

Every Friday Food Not Bombs collects blemished organic leftover produce from local grocery stores like the KIVA downtown in order to prep a hot meal. Their volunteers work hard to serve the public weekly at Kesey Square off of Willamette and Broadway in the heart of downtown Eugene, rain or shine.

In off campus Student Cooperative Association’s kitchen, Marla Campbell, begins prepping local, organic, leftover produce donated from KIVA for the Food Not Bombs free Friday meal.

 

Shekinah ,rushing to make magic out of blemished produce, whips up a quick stir fry to provide a hearty meal for the homeless

Shekinah LoConte serves up some warm tempeh stir fry , as well as a few laughs, to hungry foot traffic downtown

People begin to surface, as the rain begins to let up downtown, to scope out the vegan spread.

Kesey square, rain or shine, every Friday afternoon an early dinner meal is served to those in need.