Gathering ingredients at the organic urban garden of the Copenhagen Hospitality College, which is a developing vegetarian chef degree.
Photographer: Ditte Valente/Copenhagen Hospitality College
Greener Living
How Denmark Is Nudging the Nation to Cut Back on Meat
Wealthier countries need to consume less meat to tackle climate change — and one nationwide experiment to encourage plant-based diets may show a way forward.
Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed has no regrets about going mostly meat free at his three-Michelin star restaurant, even if the decision spurred a wave of hate from across Denmark.
“We got a lot of angry emails from people who said they hoped we would go bankrupt and close,” Kofoed recalls in an interview in Geranium, his chic and bright restaurant located at the national football stadium in Copenhagen.