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Abstract

Food Phreaking is a publication of experiments, exploits, and explorations of the human food system. It aims to connect farmers, foodies, hackers, artists, and scientists. Food Phreaking is where food, technology, and open culture meet. This issue explores some of the bacteria that populate the human gut and body. We asked a handful of the world's leading experts to write a few words about their favorite microorganism, and we asked other contributors to reflect on their current relationship to the largely invisible and undiscovered world of the human microbiome. Food Phreaking Issue 03 assembles these short texts, which collectively provide a snapshot of a field in transition. How will this research into the mysteries of our internal ecosystems change the relationship between our brains, guts, and diets? We think this issue will become more valuable each year in reminding us of the hype, hope, and ignorance we had back in 2016. Enjoy! FOOD PHREAKING: issue 03