The Internet of Tomato
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What’s the matter with tomatoes sold in Boston?
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What’s the matter with tomatoes sold in Boston?
They taste like chalk …
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What’s the matter with tomatoes sold in Boston?
…because they’re grown industrially as little green golf balls…
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What’s the matter with tomatoes sold in Boston?
… and low-tech ethylene gas is applied on the way to Boston.
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Tomatoes are imported from weird places.
Californiahas no water
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Tomatoes are imported from weird places.
Florida has no soil
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Tomatoes are imported from weird places.
Other tomato regionsof the world have dubious labor and environmental practices
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We want more locally-produced tomatoes!
The goal: produce 50% of our tomatoes within New Englandby 2060
Brian M. Donohue Associate Professor of American Environmental Studies Brandeis University
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We want more locally-produced tomatoes!
This requires supporting the success and growth of local tomato farmers
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Let’s “high-tech” the localtomato chain together!
RESTAURANTSAND CHEFS
UNIVERSITYCAFETERIAS
FOODTRUCKS
RETAILERS
TECHNOLOGY
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Welcome to the Internet of Tomatoes Project!
PRODUCTIVITY No disease Maximum yield Right water Right heat Right soil Right light When to harvest
Goal: ReconcileProductivity and Taste
HEALTHY Lycopene
SAFE Minimize chemicals
TASTE Sweet Acid Low
watercontent
Salt
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Our local farmers are going high-tech… Monitoring Environmental Conditions
RootStress
Leaf Stress
Temperature
Humidity
SoilCondition
Gas Concentration
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Local chefs and consumers are also going high-tech…
Evaluating Tomato Chemistry
Sugar Acid
SaltWater content
GasesRedness31st BostonTomatoContest
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We’re building a Star Trek™-like “Tomato Tricorder”
Learn everything youwant to knowabout that Tomato…
…withoutdestroying it!
Flavor Profile
OrganicAnalysis
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Join us to make Boston the hub of thenext technology revolution: Ag-Food-Tech
BESTFOOD BEST
TECH
BESTAGRICULTURE