A food hackathon, apparently, is about coming up with a device, website or app that will be a step towards curbing food wastage and eating sustainably. “We wanted to spread awareness about food wastage and the need for sustainable food,” says Daniel Seitz, one of the mentors from Jugend Hackt. There was a session on sustainable food and food wastage followed by a food workshop — that led to the freaky phuchkas — on the first day of the four-day event. One of the teams is working on a website that will tell an interested donor the nearest spot where he or she can drop off extra food. “The food goes to waste because we don’t know where to donate it.

Source: The Telegraph May 05, 2019 09:45 UTC