What if the innovations designed to feed astronauts on Mars could solve food security challenges here on Earth?

In this special Tomorrow’s Bites episode, we sit down with Bart van Meurs, director of Division Q, and Charlotte Pouwels, analog astronaut and space mission leader, who both served as jury members for Wageningen University’s Student Challenges. Together, they reveal how the technologies tested for farming in space, like hydroponics, vertical farming, and AI-driven monitoring, are already shaping the future of horticulture and sustainable food systems on Earth.

We explore:

Why resource scarcity in space mirrors the challenges of urban food systems
How vertical farming and hydroponics born from space research are revolutionizing cities
The surprising psychological role plants play for astronauts, and what it means for us
Why water recycling in space could redefine how we handle wastewater on Earth
The startups that caught their attention with game-changing solutions

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