56: VEGGIE & Our Global, Shared Astronaut Moment + Demeter © Paige Donner

LISTEN HERE 5' 45” Start: NASA Scientists Gioia Massa and Matt Romeyn, on VEGGIE 35' Start: Persephone & Demeter Greek Mythology Story That was: Gioia Massa Life Sciences Project Scientist and Veggie Project Lead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center & Matthew (Matt) Romeyn Project Scientist for Space Crop Production at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Their VEGGIE program has their astronauts growing plants in space – edibles such as lettuce and baby leafy greens. NASA is also developing ways to eventually create greenhouse modules on the Moon and even Mars where fresh food for human space colonisers can be cultivated. You can find the VEGGIE factsheet link in our show notes at LocalFoodAndWine.wordpress.com Music is Free of Rights thanks to Bensoundmusic.com Show Intro/Outro 'Badass' Show Body: 'Summer' Sound Editing/Engineering by Paige Donner Host-Producer : Paige Donner Contact Paige Donner at http://paigedonner.info Podcast streaming also on iTunes, iHeart Radio, Spotify, FM, TuneIn, Stitcher and wherever you download your podcasts © Paige Donner 2020