Christian Puglisi at his Farm of Ideas. All photos by Lars Hinnerskov Eriksen.
In 1989, a cult classic film followed the fictional storyline of one Iowa farmer’s struggles. In Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) is seen walking through a cornfield, looking like he’s about to lose his damn mind while some creepy, random voice whispers, “If you build it, they will come.” (Spoiler alert: He was actually kind of losing his mind, but he decided to plow the cornfield anyway and put a baseball diamond on it because baseball is the answer to almost everything). Good thing he did.
It seemed impossible: a dude with a vision and a field packed with too many corncobs in the middle of nowhere. And while that film was completely fictional, its message remains true today: if you build something great, people will probably come—especially if you are a talented innovator with solid ideas. In 2016, Denmark has the world’s highest share of organic produce, but one Michelin-starred chef wants to take this statistic to next level, and he’s starting with milk. On the latest podcast episode from our Copenhagen series, we’re heading to the Danish countryside with the inimitable chef Christian Puglisi (of Baest, Relae, Manfreds, Mirabelle) to scope out his Farm of Ideas—(tune into the podcast to hear about his vision)—milk some cows, and learn about the school for gastronomy and sustainable agriculture he has in the works.
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