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🎯 Mission · 🔬 Technologies · 🗺️ Roadmap · 🤝 Contribute
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To develop, document, and freely share low-cost, scalable, naturally-preserved food production technologies that can be deployed anywhere in the world.
Everything created in this project is open source. Patents are antithetical to feeding humanity.
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│ FOOD TECHNOLOGIES (2025-2030) │
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│ 🧫 SINGLE-CELL PROTEIN │
│ Spirulina, mycoprotein, bacterial SCP │
│ Target: $2-5/kg protein by 2030 │
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│ 🏭 PRECISION FERMENTATION │
│ Proteins at $10/kg by 2025 │
│ 5x cheaper than animal by 2030 │
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│ 🌿 AI VERTICAL FARMING │
│ 97.5% crop prediction accuracy │
│ 98% less water than traditional │
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│ 🌊 OPEN-SOURCE BIOREACTORS │
│ <$500 DIY photobioreactor systems │
│ Phenobottle, NinjaPBR, Pioreactor │
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│ 🌾 BIOFORTIFIED CROPS │
│ 2-3x micronutrient content │
│ $17 ROI per $1 spent │
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│ 🦗 INSECT PROTEIN │
│ Black soldier fly: 45% protein │
│ Target: <$3/kg protein │
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│ 🐟 LOW-COST AQUAPONICS │
│ $15-25 starter systems │
│ 90% water efficiency │
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│ ⚡ COLD PLASMA PRESERVATION │
│ Non-thermal sterilization │
│ 2-3x shelf life extension │
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│ 🔋 POWER-TO-PROTEIN │
│ Food from electricity + CO2 + water │
│ 100x more efficient than animals │
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| System | Purpose | Cost | Status |
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| OHP-DBD-01 | Food preservation, seed treatment | ~$75-100 | ✅ Ready |
| OHP-JET-01 | Precision seed treatment | ~$120-150 | ✅ Ready |
Included documentation:
- Complete circuit schematics with LTspice simulations
- Bill of materials with sourcing links
- Step-by-step assembly instructions
- OpenSCAD 3D printable enclosure designs
- Comprehensive safety guide
- Testing and validation procedures
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│ PROJECT PHASES │
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│ PHASE 1: FOUNDATION (2025) │
│ ✅ Document existing open-source projects │
│ ✅ Create standardized designs for 5 core technologies │
│ ✅ Develop cold plasma generators │
│ ☐ Build community of researchers and makers │
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│ PHASE 2: PROTOTYPING (2025-2026) │
│ ☐ $100 spirulina cultivation kit │
│ ☐ Open-source AI crop optimization │
│ ☐ Modular aquaponics systems │
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│ PHASE 3: SCALING (2026-2027) │
│ ☐ Pilot systems in 10 countries │
│ ☐ Local manufacturing partnerships │
│ ☐ Training in 20+ languages │
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│ PHASE 4: IMPACT (2027-2030) │
│ ☐ 1 million people fed │
│ ☐ 100+ production facilities │
│ ☐ Self-sustaining community │
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We need:
- Engineers - Hardware, software, bioprocess
- Scientists - Food science, microbiology, agronomy
- Designers - Making systems accessible and buildable
- Writers - Documentation, translation, outreach
- Deployers - People who will build and test systems
- Funders - Grants, donations, in-kind support
See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
- Single Cell Protein Technologies - Nature npj Science of Food, 2024
- AI in Vertical Farming - Heliyon, 2024
- Power-to-Protein - Nature Communications, 2025
- Cold Plasma Food Preservation - Food Control, 2024
- Solar Foods - Protein from air
- HarvestPlus - Biofortification
- Open Source Ecology - Open hardware
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We explicitly encourage: Commercial use, modification, distribution, private use.
We only ask: Share improvements back with the community.
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