πŸ“† November 16, 2022 The U.S. #Food and Drug Administration (FDA) completed its first pre-market consultation for a #human #food 🍽️ made from #cultured #animal #cells 🧫 https://www.fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-completes-first-pre-market-consultation-human-food-made-using-animal-cell-culture-technology

"The Deep #Space #Food Challenge asks competitors to #create a food #production technology, system, or approach that could potentially be #integrated into a complete food #system https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/centennial_challenges/nasa-offers-1-million-for-innovative-systems-to-feed-tomorrows-astronauts.html

Picture combined from #ISS rehydrator, #NASA DSFC logo, #3D #food #printer https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Impressora_3D.jpg

#SpaceFood

#Potato πŸ₯” is believed to be one of the top contenders for #SpaceAgriculture. Whole-Body Edible and Elite Plant (#WBEEP) development might create a potato for #SpaceFarming 🌱🌌 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26238-3

#SpaceFood

Biotechnological development of plants for space agriculture - Nature Communications

The logistical and practical challenges of supplying food for long-term space missions are substantial. In this comment, the authors discuss potential biotechnological approaches that could be used to aid the production of food crops in space.

Nature

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ͺ March 2017 The International Potato πŸ₯” Center (#CIP) launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under #Mars πŸ”΄ atmospheric conditions. Preliminary results are positive πŸ‘ https://cipotato.org/potatoes-mars-media-tools/
https://cipotato.org/publications/the-potato-on-mars/

#Guardian πŸ“† Mar 2016 #Nasa is running tests to see if potatoes πŸ₯” could survive the climatic extremes of the red planet. β€œPotatoes may colonise 🌱 Mars before humans do” https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/mar/14/spuds-in-space-growing-potatoes-on-mars-climate-change-the-martian-ridley-scott

Potatoes on Mars / Media tools

International Potato Center

This centrifugal oven puts #pizza πŸ•, #omelets 🍳, and even #icecream 🍨 back on the menu in #space 🌌. β€œIf you can make a certain kind of ice cream in space, then everything’s going to be okay.” https://www.fastcompany.com/90913559/zero-gravity-oven-nasa-food-challenge-winner

#NASA #SpaceFood

This wild zero-gravity oven could change the way astronauts eat in space

A winner in the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge, the centrifugal oven works like a washing machine, with cooking ingredients spinning inside a heated cylinder.

Fast Company