The Belly Rebellion

The Belly Rebellion
Food is much more than tall chef’s hats and fancy restaurants. We think there is too much focus on haute cuisine and too little focus on the daily food served in canteens, nursing homes, day care centres and millions of homes in Scandinavia.

In general there is too little focus on food quality, and it is usually women who provide the less prestigious, daily nourishing meals.

Therefore we arranged the rally »The Belly Rebellion« on March 8th, where individual women and women from groups, associations and organisations from all over Scandinavia that have food as their focal point got a chance to spend a day together, listen to interventions about many aspects of food, to see and taste food, to discuss, find inspiration and new collaborators and form networks. The rally took place in Denmark, but we had participants and speakers from all over Scandinavia as well as Ireland and Britain.

The rally was a manifestation and an independent arrangement, but action is called for also after March 8th, and we are finding different ways to continue. Two current important Belly Rebellion activites are the establishment of farmers’ markets, where consumers can buy fresh local produce, and the setting up of a cooking task force. The task force is a mobile kitchen ready for cookery demonstrations at events and festivals.

March 8th was for women only, but we hope many men will join in.

For more information: kontakt@oproerframaven.dk