Future Foods for Space

Overview

The TRISH SHIP Future Foods for Space (FFS) project was awarded in May 2024 and supported the development of a research ecosystem focused on the use of alternative proteins and cultivated meat to optimize nutrition and space health in low earth orbit and other resource-constrained environments. The collaborative project was jointly administered by the UC Davis Biotechnology Program and the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA). 

While the formal project period has closed, we maintain a commitment to bolstering the readiness of the future foods community for competitiveness in space health — an emerging sector of increasing importance as space missions to the Moon and Mars advance. Please do feel free to reach out and we are happy to engage/support/collaborate!

Resources

• Webinar #4: Food System Development for Missions to Mars
  • Recording
  • Slide Deck
• Webinar #3: Food System Development for Missions to Mars
  • Recording
  • Slide Deck
• Webinar #2: Opportunities for Future Foods in Space Health Research
  • Recording
  • Slide Deck
  • Q&A
• Webinar #1: Introducing Food Innovation in the Context of Space Health
  • Recording
  • Slide Deck
  • Q&A

Award Acknowledgement