Innovating food for Earth, Mars and Moon
Innovating food for Earth, Mars and Moon

Innovating for Earth by learning from research on space farming

Wageningen University & Research invites students from all over the world to submit ground-breaking business ideas for improving the sustainability and resource efficiency of current food production. Join the Challenge to create a positive impact and get a taste of what it means to be an entrepreneur. Grow professionally and make friends for life.

This experience will boost your career and empower you to create change!

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Working together to make a difference!

At Wageningen University & Research top scientists and students from all over the world join forces to work on projects that make a difference to the quality of life. In our commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we actively pursue solutions to realise sustainable food systems. The ReThink Food Challenge is a unique initiative of Wageningen University & Research, giving students from all over the world an opportunity to work on this important topic.

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The Future of Space Farming with WUR Researcher Wieger Wamelink

Picture a future where astronauts harvest fresh lettuce on the Moon and bake bread on Mars. It might sound like sci-fi, but space farming is quickly becoming a reality.This innovative approach to agriculture involves cultivating crops in extraterrest ...

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Farming in space as student challenge

The participants will have to come up with innovations in food production drawing on research into farming on Mars. The challenge is inspired by ecologist Wieger Wamelink’s research project ‘Food for Mars and the Moon’, ...

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Farming on Mars takes a ‘Giant Leap’: intercropping can be a game-changing method

Scientists from Wageningen University & Research have achieved a remarkable milestone in space agriculture with a pioneering study showing that intercropping – the practice of growing different crops close together – can significant ...

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