Massive Bendeja every Monday in Getxo: "We're not criminals, we're healthy with our vegetables and we're satisfied with hunger."
- The protest was called by the Agroasanblada of the Costa de Uribe to denounce the burning of vegetables to a baserritarra on August 12 at the Itzulbaltzeta de Getxo.
On Monday, about a hundred people concentrated on the portico of Itzulbaltzeta to represent the "massive bendeja". A week earlier, the Municipal Police had required a garbage dump that did not have "municipal permission" to stay on site. The baserritarra had been selling vegetables of this time for several days, as is usual in the elaboration of the "bendeja".
In addition to showing its support for the baserritarra, the initiative aimed to denounce the attitude of the City of Getxo, which supports the "commercial centers that develop mass consumption, sick food and individualistic social models" while disseminating a discourse in favor of a "responsible and healthy" diet. Thus, they have warned that they will continue to explore other avenues beyond self-consumption groups, such as the "sporadic market" of the Romo-Itzulbaltzeta. They have also announced their intention to continue with the massive blessing on Monday.
In this week’s tray has also been the baserritarra affected by the Municipal Police and explained to Hiruka.eus that seasonal vegetables are sold in a short time so producers like him do not want to enter a regulation, so he has asked the Municipal Police to “leave him alone”.
Are baserritars on vacation? They ask in school. The students have answered no. So, working every day, would you like to be baserritarra in the future? And if nobody wants to be a baserritarra, who is going to make food for us? The question stayed in the air.
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