21 Aug 2023 --- The UK Space Agency has selected UK-based vertical farming firm Vertical Future to lead a project that aims to develop a Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) facility to support space exploration. The project learnings will also be applied to vertical farming on Earth to advance urban agriculture capabilities. As Dr. Jennifer Bromley, chief scientific officer at Vertical Future, points out, astronauts typically lack access to a varied diet while in space, which is an issue the project is working to solve by providing high-quality produce that can be grown on a space vessel.
