Princess Marie of Denmark

On Thursday, Princess Marie officially opened the Copenhagen Cooking & Food Festival in Copenhagen. This year’s edition marks the third year of the new CCFF. Indeed, this new version of the festival was created in 2016 when the original festival ‘Copenhagen Cooking’ decided to collaborate with the Food Organization of Denmark. Since 2012, Marie has been the patron of Copenhagen Cooking…

Today, Princess Marie opened the new Too Good To Go store with Selina Juul, the founder of Stop Spild Af Mad, and Mette Lykke, the CEO of Too Good To Go. Too Good To Go is the world’s largest online platform for surplus food. Through the app, everyone can take action against food waste and help us achieve our vision of a world with no waste. Today almost 6 million meals have been saved, and the…

On Tuesday, Princess Marie attended a UNESCO seminar in Copenhagen as Patron of the Danish National Commission of UNESCO. In 2014, Princess Marie attended the launch of the new work strategy of the Commission and this seminar was the occasion for everyone involved with the National Commission to talk about what the future approach should be. Martin Steen-Hansen, a member of the Commission, had a…

Yesterday, Princess Marie attended the launch of new teaching materials about food waste at Amager Fælled School in Copenhagen. These teaching materials are the results of a collaboration between Stop Spild Af Mad and the City of Copenhagen, and they can be used in food science education for children in 5th-7th grade. They are composed of a teacher’s guide and a student’s guide which…