Source: THE PACKER, 4/29/21


You can't take the farm out of one astronaut! Astronaut Michael Hopkins has been growing fresh vegetables in space while on board the International Space Station, AgDay’s Clinton Griffiths reports. He has been growing two different kinds of greens: the amara mustard and the extra dwarf pak choi. With no birds or bees around, Hopkins had to pollinate the flowers using a paintbrush.

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