2014: Inception

In May 2013, Amit Tyagi was on an Aeroflot flight from New Delhi to Düsseldorf. The destination was an international congress on religion and liberalism. An event that changed the Indian's life in two ways: On the one hand, the exchange at the congress with people from all over the world convinced him so much that he decided to forego studying public policy at an Indian university - in favor of the international public policy program at the Willy Brandt School of the University of Erfurt. On the other hand, during said flight he became aware of a global problem that would shape his life and actions in the future and is now also the subject of his master's thesis at the Brandt School: the problem of food waste. Everything that the passenger does not eat from the meals during a flight is thrown away, even though it may still be sealed and even though it is not bad. While still on the plane, Amit writes a proposal for improvement for the airline on how to handle food on the plane. Later, he will discuss it with family and friends. He compares the experiences from Germany with those in his home country, researches, reads studies and reports, and quickly comes to a conclusion: We expend labor, clear forests for cropland and pasture, use vital resources such as water, and emit CO2 to produce food that we then throw away - which in turn consumes energy and resources and releases exhaust gases to mine. And this, mind you, while one in nine people in the world lacks access to regular meals and about 25,000 people worldwide die of hunger every day. In 2015, Amit Tyagi has therefore declared war on food waste - as his contribution to a better and, above all, more peaceful world. With FOOD e.V. (Foundation Of Our Development), the student and a few comrades-in-arms founded a volunteer organization to draw attention to the problem in the first place.

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