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Reader Submitted: HIFA: Brew Coffee While Growing Mushrooms?
According to ICO (International Coffee Organization), world coffee consumption in 2014 was of about 150.2 million bags (each bag weighs 60kg), yet less than 1% of the whole grain is consumed in a cup of coffee, wasting millions of tons of nutrient-rich biomass. Therefore there is a need to redesign today’s coffee consumption system starting from the final user to ensure a more sustainable approach which reduces waste generation and promotes new value scenarios. This is why HIFA is conceived.
HIFA is an integrated system for coffee brewing and organic food production that recycles coffee grounds as the main input for mushroom growing inside the home.
It is based on 3 main concepts: Recycling and valorization of waste, local production (Km 0) and healthy habits. It breaks the paradigm of linear consumption, fostering new systemic dynamics to consume and relate to food. Its main objective is to promote sustainability throughout coffee’s consumption lifecycle, encouraging responsible practices and healthy habits. It signifies each process surplus converting waste into valuable inputs for other processes. A continuous ecosystem without waste production is generated and the consumer becomes a producer (prosumer) who generates new dynamics and awareness around the food culture.
http://www.core77.com/projects/54515/HIFA-Brew-Coffee-While-Growing-Mushrooms