I would like to work on it if you want to. I really think we could add some additional fun to factorio.
One thing I wanted to start with was creating pods (an ore) that is already scattered around the world with humans. Which would be revived in a special building.
I am just starting with factorio and modding it, but I have been programming for quite a while now.
Maybe you can have a look at food industry. It's quite big already and maybe we can add it as an optional dependency.
But let me know if I can help you with some things you want to have done first.