The Consortium of Saija Rasi (Luke), Christina Strotmann (University of Applied Science Muenster, iSuN), Stefan Junne (TUB), Mattias Eriksson (SLU) and Ole J. Hanssen (Ostfold Research) met in Helsinki for the official kick-off meeting of AVARE. As the project is part of SUSFOOD2 they got administrative instructions regarding the cooperation with SUSFOOD2. The consortium discussed the main objectives e.g. “Supporting the EU-level target to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030 by preventing, reducing and reusing the food waste of different sectors.” Or “Improving the quality and value of separately collected food and food waste, by discovering the optimal methods for its redistribution as feed, and as a raw material for new products “.