Contest aims to find ways to grow food-bearing plants in austere environments for astronauts




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: No one becomes an astronaut for the food. But you can't live on the space station or fly to the moon or Mars without food. Now a challenge contest aims to find ways to grow food-bearing plants in austere environments. Director of education at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Amy Padolf, joined Federal Drive with more.