# food

- traceability, characterization
    - want to measure
        - pollution
            - mercury
            - PCBs
            - pesticides
        - hormones, additives
    - ways to measure
        - XRF?
        - FTIR?
        - Raman?
        - UV/VIS?
        - Bruker, Ocean Optics
    - open designs, producable in a fab lab
    - Filippos


- food production
    - motivation
        - https://fab.city/
    - background
        - plant factory
        - Freight Farms, Growtainer, Open Ag, Aquapioneers, Vigyan Ashram, ...
    - rapid-prototyping
        - http://mtm.cba.mit.edu/
    - potential benefits
        - freshness
        - nutrients
        - taste
        - reduce footprint
        - pedigree
        - perception value
        - economics
    - to start
        - Peruvian Andes aromatics
        - Muna
        - Chincho
        - Huacatay
    - people
        - Jose
            - https://www.tarantarist.com/people/