Controlled Environments
Greenhouses, vertical farms, hydroponics, aeroponics, and tightly managed growing systems.
Explore Controlled Environments →FIELD OF INQUIRY
Future Agriculture
How humanity can produce resilient, nutritious food under changing climates, limited resources, controlled environments, and eventually beyond Earth.
Engineering Living Agricultural Ecosystems
Can beneficial partnerships among plants, fungi, bacteria and biological soil crusts make farming more resilient on Earth and in future space habitats? Explore the evidence and social implications.
Read the investigation and join the discussion →Resilient Crops
Breeding and biotechnology aimed at heat, drought, salinity, disease, and other environmental stresses.
Crossover: CRISPR & Genome Editing →Fungi, Mycology & the Future of Food
Edible fungi, mycoprotein, soil networks, nutrient cycling, fungal biotechnology, mycelium materials, and possible roles in future closed-loop and off-world food systems.
Explore Mycology & Future Food →Water & Nutrients
Efficient irrigation, recycling, nutrient management, and growing more food with fewer inputs.
Crossover: Closed-Loop Systems →Farming Across the Solar System
What would agriculture, nutrient cycling and closed-loop life support require in habitats throughout the solar system?
Explore the Solar System Settlement Initiative →Space Agriculture
Food production in closed habitats, reduced gravity, lunar or Martian environments, and long missions.
Read: Space Crops →Data & Automation
Sensors, robotics, imaging, AI-assisted decisions, and precision management of crops and resources.
Food Systems
Production, storage, distribution, sustainability, and designing food systems that withstand disruption.