Media Advisory – Deep Space Food Challenge – Canadian teams present food technology prototypes to jury

By PR Newswire On Jan 17, 2023

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LONGUEUIL, QC, Jan. 16, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ – Over the next few weeks, Canadian teams competing in Phase 2 of the Deep Space Food Challenge, a competition to develop new technologies to produce food for future space missions, will meet with members of the jury to present their prototypes.

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The technologies developed and built by the semi-finalists could help feed astronauts travelling to the Moon and Mars while expanding food production in harsh environments on Earth. Up to four Canadian teams will move on to become Phase 3 finalists, where they will have 12 months to build and demonstrate a full-scale food production technology.

Media interested in doing interviews may contact the CSA’s Media Relations Office or the teams directly using the contact information below.

Semi-finalists of the Deep Space Food Challenge

Organization	Project Name	Contacts
Canacompost Systems Maple Ridge, British Columbia	The Outpost: Space Composting With Black Soldier Flies	Leonard Audibert [email protected]
McGill University / McGill Advanced bio- Regenerative Toolkit for Long Excursion Trips (MARTLET) Montreal, Quebec	Cricket Rearing, Collection, and Transformation System	Alexander Becker [email protected] Cynthia Hitti [email protected]
McGill University / McGill Advanced bio- Regenerative Toolkit for Long Excursion Trips (MARTLET) Montreal, Quebec	InSpira Photobioreactor	Ilias Hader [email protected]
AlgaBloom International Ltd. Richmond, British Columbia	A Programmable Microalgae Cultivation Platform for Sustainable Food Production in Space	Soheyl Mottahedeh [email protected]
University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario	Hydrogel Photobioreactors for Cultivation of Food and Life Support	Valerie Ward [email protected]
Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. North Vancouver, British Columbia	CANGrow Modular Indoor Food Production System	Gavin Schneider [email protected]
University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario	Canada – Growth Options for Outer Space Environments (GOOSE)	Mike Dixon [email protected] Theresa Rondeau Vuk [email protected]
PeaPod Technologies Inc. Port Hope, Ontario	PeaPod	Jayden Lefebvre [email protected]
Noblegen Inc. Peterborough, Ontario	SEuPS – Space Euglena Production System	Sott Farrow [email protected]
Concordia University Montreal, Quebec	AstroYeast Microfarm: Space-adapted Nutrient and Flavour Factory	Gabriel Aguiar-Tawil [email protected]

Useful links:

Deep Space Food Challenge | Impact Canada
Deep Space Food Challenge | Canadian Space Agency
Growing healthy food in space and in remote areas

SOURCE Canadian Space Agency

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