Scientists Just Grew a Whole Salad in Antarctica, Without Any Daylight or Soil

Scientists Just Grew a Whole Salad in Antarctica, Without Any Daylight or Soil

“If we’re ever going to make the long trip to Mars and then colonise the place, we’ll need a lot of food. If we can grow our own, even better.

In a step that’s getting us closer to off-world farming, scientists on Germany’s Neumayer Station III in Antarctica have just harvested a nice big crop of vegetables – a whole 3.6 kg (8 pounds) of salad greens, 18 cucumbers, and 70 radishes.

Even better, the crops, grown in a lab called EDEN-ISS, were produced without dirt, daylight, or pesticides, according to the team…”

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-just-grown-a-salad-in-an-amazing-antarctic-greenhouse

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http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-just-grown-a-salad-in-an-amazing-antarctic-greenhouse