Growing food on the moon

[HAL9000]

lunar rocks used as soil

Moon soil used to grow plants for first time in breakthrough test

The research is an important step towards making long-terms stays on the moon possible.

www.bbc.co.uk

There's more detail in this version of the story

Plants will grow in lunar regolith, but they don’t like it

Even the healthiest-looking plants faced stress from unusual minerals present.

arstechnica.com

There are other options to using soil ...

How NASA is learning to grow plants in space and on other worlds

The trick: try to use less soil

www.theverge.com

may be with experience gained from vertical farming there will be no need for soil, its another option for a future moon base.

Browse the Glossary - V - WhatIs

www.techtarget.com

 

[A380]

And of course there is loads of cheese to eat.

 

[JimW]

Market might be a problem.

 

[mojo pixy]

The soup wells have at last been drunk dry. Greedy little dragon!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You could probably grow crops under the glass domes up there, almost like they are ready-made lunar greenhouses.

 

[gentlegreen]

A person cannot live on arabidopsis alone ....

 

[WouldBe]

Market might be a problem.

Fresh stuff will have gone off by the time you get back.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Fresh stuff will have gone off by the time you get back.

Space is very cold so it'd be fresh and crisp, assuming it survived reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

 

[WouldBe]

Space is very cold so it'd be fresh and crisp, assuming it survived reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

Try sticking a lettuce in the freezer then the oven and see how fresh and crisp it is.

 

[bcuster]

Well, it looks like the water is already there! What are we waiting for?
Let's colonize the moon...

China moon samples reveal water molecules in groundbreaking discovery, scientists say​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/science/china-moon-samples-water-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Did they get matt damon to shit in it.