As part of the Salem "One Health" initiative, we welcomed a special guest at the beginning of February: Hendrik Haase - communication designer, blogger and food activist. In his captivating talk "How your food moves the world", he impressively demonstrated why our eating habits have a direct impact on the environment, producers and ultimately on ourselves.

Haase talked about his personal journey, how he became increasingly involved with food, its origins and social media during his design studies. He quickly recognised grievances such as food waste, excessive meat consumption and a lack of transparency in meat production - and decided to actively change things. He organised protest campaigns, initiated the "Schnippel Disko" against food waste - where vegetables that would otherwise be thrown away due to their external characteristics are processed into a large soup to good music - and founded a transparent butcher's shop in Berlin where consumers could follow the entire processing process.

With his open and engaging manner, he captivated the audience and left them with a clear message: sustainable food is not just a question of numbers, but a positive decision in favour of taste, quality and transparency. Those who cook for themselves and consciously consider the origin of their food are actively contributing to a better world. And food that is backed by happy people, organic vegetables and happy animals tastes much better than food that you don't know about. We said goodbye to Hendrik Haase to thunderous applause - inspired to look at our eating habits with new eyes.