Innovation equipment dreamed up by challenge compet-itors has become a specialty for Liquid Fungi, Mazer says. New processes, such as imitating photosynthesis with electrical charges, seems impossible until you do it, he says. Sovereign space agencies aren’t the only game. The new Wageningen Rethink Food challenge, sponsored by the Dutch university, focuses on space farming. Students are asked to both devel-op a food production system that can be self-fuel-Scientists working at Solar Foods work with parallel cultivation units. The constraints of building food systems ing within a closed environment and can readily translate to markets on earth, says Marta Eggers, who oversees the program. As with other space food challenges, the panel of judges includes academics, food scientists and investors. And the Space Foundation, an independent organization, runs programs that promote awareness of how space-related exploration and for space are implacable. Alt-Meat May 2025 5_hor.indd 4 27 1/28/25 1:24 PM
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