The Microgreens Show | Episode 21 | Microgreens in Space

Описание: Interview with Christina Johnson from NASA Postdoctoral Program.


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Christina M. Johnson is a plant biologist with her mind fixed in space. In April of 2010 she watched her plants blast into orbit on the Space Shuttle Discovery. She spent the next several years analyzing those samples for her PhD, where she learned about the impact of microgravity on the cellular structure and molecular functions in young plants. She is currently a fellow in the NASA Postdoctoral Program, working with Dr. Raymond Wheeler’s Space Crop Production team at Kennedy Space Center. Her project involves collaboration with the USDA to grow microgreens in simulated microgravity, with a goal of getting microgreen crops ready for spaceflight applications.


More about Nick Greens:
Website: https://www.nickgreens.com
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Nick Greens started his growing career in 2002 as an apprentice grower for a hydroponics shop. Nick worked through several cycles/harvests in San Diego before venturing out on his own. In 2007, Nick moved to Humboldt County, California to work as an assistant grower for a collective of green houses. During his time in Northern California, Nick began experimenting with a vortex brewer to develop several recipes for compost teas.

In 2010, Nick moved back to Chicago to start growing produce for Blue Star Produce where he perfected his compost tea recipes and became a pioneer in organic microgreens production, working for and consulting many Chicago vertical farms including Garfield Produce, Plant Chicago, Farmbox, and Nick Greens Grow Team.

In 2014, Nick created the microgreens program at FarmedHere, building its first NFT systems, creating crop and lighting recipes, and helping improve monthly sales by nearly 20%. In 2016, Nick created a similar Microgreens program for Falling Waters Farms in Indianapolis, increasing its sales by nearly 50%.

Nick is passionate about educating a new generation of controlled environment farmers and has created many internship opportunities for at risk youth in urban Chicago. In 2016, Nick helped design and build the Food Science Lab at Schurz High School in Chicago, based on a STEM curriculum, that trains future farmers and supplies healthy food for the school cafeteria. Nick has personally mentored dozens of interns, and many remain working in the industry today.