Where the main road through Havnebyen and the sideroad to the old fishing harbour meet, you'll find Kiosken på Odden – the hyper-local-meets-global natural wine bar and specialty deli.

Here, the kiosk’s owner, chef, and preserver Matthew Francis Parker, and award-winning visual artist and writer Sean Roy Parker (brothers, indeed!) illustrated how food is a necessary and historical tool for social change in late capitalism. Throughout the Lost Farm Festival 2025, along with a small team of cooks, artists, cultural actors, and local food producers, they exposed the current state of our toxic food system while mapping out slow, seasonal methodologies that challenge our palates.

Through practical knowledge and interactive workshops, the pair (known under the names The Country Teaser and Fermental Health respectively) teached attendees to responsibly collect and preserve local wild ingredients and surplus organic produce. They incorporat an experimental arts-based approach to highlight food’s role in cultural heritage preservation and democratizing access to agroecological techniques. 

Kiosken på Odden was a hub of talks, workshops, and tastings inspiring creativity and advocacy for healthier, more inclusive food systems. Roy also read poetry from his debut collection stewarding, published by Monitor Books, London.

Matthew Francis Parker is a chef, preserver, and experimental food fermenter from Kent, England, now based in Sjællands Odde. He runs Kiosken på Odden – an independent bottle shop, natural wine bar, and specialty deli. Over the years, he’s collaborated with local organic producers, rescued surplus produce from supermarkets, and foraged wild and donated items.

Sean Roy Parker is an award-winning visual artist, writer, and land worker from Kent, now based in Derbyshire, England. Under the name Fermental Health, he collaborates with food growers, community gardens, artist-run organizations, and cultural institutes across the UK and Europe, exploring food justice, land ownership, and interspecies intimacy. He is a recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Visual Artist Award and an Axis Fellowship for 2024.

Matthew Francis Parker & Sean Roy Parker at Lost Farm Festival is supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation.

Photos: Benjamín Villela Guzmán