Yesterday I met with a gentleman who told me about a project that he's involved in. The topic came about as his group/planning committee has held a number of annual dinner events around their project and Liaison College supplied the in-home chef. Loved the dinner. Loved the chef. But he mentioned the project about seeds in space and I simply had to know a bit more.
The project is a collaboration among a number of strategic partners including the University of Guelph - arguably the best in agricultural matters - and Heinz - the definitive producer of ketchup. The project is Tomatosphere - an effort to engage students in science, food and space. An interesting combination to say the least.
I invite you to check out the site for this project to see the extent of knowledge and information that has been happening in our schools for several years. There are presently over 600,000 tomato seeds in space. Tomatos - the super food. Nourishing and handy (you can extract water from their leaves).
Last year I was able to get a better appreciation for tomato growing techniques at the Chef Educators Conference. But this concept is out of this world!
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