# Outcomes & Outputs

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<figure><img src="https://1731594934-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MWOdiacr813vgKIOTIU%2Fuploads%2FHo3AiYKz1NrkYxmqoG9T%2Ffoodtech03.png?alt=media&#x26;token=e2246d6b-6503-40ed-94b9-25f4a6184971" alt=""><figcaption><p>A glance at the Food Tech 3.0 Acceleration Program</p></figcaption></figure>

## Outcomes

#### Acceleration Program Numbers

* **Accelerator Sessions:** 23 sessions, 68 hours of group activities (some sessions were 3 hours in length) with at least 2 FLB members present in each
* **Initiatives & participants:** 15 participants across 10 initiatives (12 participants and 8 initiatives completed the program)
  * 6 women participants and 9 men
  * 6 of the 10 initiatives had female founders or co-founders
  * Innovators represented 7 different countries (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Columbia, Italy, Spain, and Turkey)&#x20;
* **Mentors and special guests:** 11 mentors from Fab Lab Barcelona, the Food Tech 3.0 advisory board, and external organisations
* **Mentor hours:** 124 hours of mentoring for initiatives
* **Materials support:** 2400 euros invested in materials for innovators
* **Demonstration:** 8 presentations given by initiatives at the FoodSHIFT2030 Stakeholder Innovation Conference & Food Tech 3.0 Showcase

#### Innovation Readiness Levels by Initiative

* Initiative's Innovation Readiness Levels were ranked at the start and end of the program according to the FoodSHIFT2030 guidelines (1-2 exploration, 3-5 proving feasibility, 6-7 demonstration, 8-9 deployment)
  * POWAR: 5→ 7 (Proving feasibility→ Demonstration)
  * Ma Condimentos vivos de Asia→ 9-9 (Deployment)
  * ClosKa 4→5 (Proving feasibility)
  * Vilagreens→ 7→ 8 (Demonstration→ Basic Readiness)&#x20;
  * Tectum Garden→ 5→ 7 (Proving feasibility→ Demonstration)
  * Look Ma’ No Hands→ 3→4 (Proving feasibility)
  * Domingo Club→ 3→ 4 (Proving feasibility)
  * Gaia Espirulina→ 3→ 6 (Proving feasibility→ Demonstration)

### Outputs

* [Food Tech 3.0 Innovator Demonstration at the FoodSHIFT2030 Stakeholder Conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3pjBQ_xCbo\&t=25766s)
* Food Tech 3.0 Gitbook (you're reading it!)
* [Food Tech 3.0 Discord Channel](https://discord.gg/WrPFm46BQT) and the [#Food channel on Distributed Design Platform's Discord](https://discord.gg/qwjZg2rZKv), which are used locally and globally respectively to foster conversations and collaborations between food tech makers, communities, Fab Labs, makerspaces, and Fab Cities