Highlighting the need for change in the modern day food supply chain, the Food by Design exhibition showcases new tech and developments to help us eat better.

We all eat. Regardless of your consumption orientation, the shoveling of tasty matter into our faceholes for sustenance has, is and always will be essential to our existence. So it’s important to understand the provenance and problems facing our food supply chain.

Indeed, looking to inform and address this the Museum of Design Atlanta is currently hosting the Food by Design: Sustaining the Future exhibition.

In it, some 50 exhibitors showcase their developments in sustainability and efficiency for the production of food. However one main purpose of the exhibition is to unravel the impact the infrastructure connecting people with food has.

Speaking to the Northside Neighbor, MODA Curator Laura Flusche said:

“The U.S. food system needs to be redesigned and revolutionized to make it more healthful, sustainable, equitable and efficient. But, the system is so vast and multifaceted that no single person, company or organization will be able to effect change from farm to fork.”

It could be then, that marginal gains in all areas will be the turning point. And one such improvement could come from 3D printing.

3D Printing Food by Design

Visitors to the exhibition can see some familiar names to us at ALL3DP. ZMorph’s versatile 2.0SX 3D printer features, hooked up with its Thick Paste Extruder. In this modulation, the printer is capable of extruding all manner of delectable goop into 2D and 3D forms.

Similarly, the professional-kitchen targeted Foodini and the fun-loving PancakeBot make an appearance. We’re not so sure that novelty crepes are the solution to the world’s ills, but the technology driving it certainly could be.

Imagine the possibility of superstores supplied by local farms and producers, and using onsite 3D printers to turn this raw produce into other foodstuffs to sell.

A more tangible example can be found at the Tomorrow’s Meatballs exhibit. This is an artistic project that muses on the processing of food, and how one day 3D printed balls enhanced with nutrients could become a staple in out diets.

If you happen to be around Atlanta, you can check out the exhibition for yourself. Food by Design runs until May 7th, at the Museum of Design Atlanta.

Source: ZMorph Blog