TAMU graduate student produces chickpeas from moondust mixture [Video]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Over the past few years, alternatives to the foods we regularly consume have become more popular and widespread. This trend will likely continue the years progress as more options become available.

However, what hasn’t been explored is the thought of outsourcing our food from an entire other planet. That recently changed thanks to Jessica Atkin, a Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences graduate student in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences who produced the first-ever moondust-grown chickpeas.

Atkin collaborated with Brown University doctoral candidate Sara Oliveira Santos to make the breakthrough happen with simulated moondust that mimics what can be found on the moon due to the limitations of what is available to experiment with on …