Wash. university chefs develop Mars-friendly garden

Two chefs at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash., are trying to help solve the Mars food dilemma, myfoxspokane.com reports.

Just outside the school’s cafeteria, Executive Chef Timothy Grayson and his partner, Christine Logan-Travis, are trying their hand at growing tomatoes, oregano, basil and other plants in Martian Regolith Soil, the closest soil on Earth to that found on the fourth planet from the sun.

All of the plants in the Mars-inspired garden are intended for human consumption.

“It is a reality that at some point, if man goes to Mars, they will need to grow food there,” said Grayson. “They’ll need to grow plants to produce oxygen in order for humans to live on another planet.”

The chefs hope to add potatoes to the mix in the near future.  

Read the full article at myfoxspokane.com.