How do you grow food on the moon? The answer is with moondust and a lot of Aggie ingenuity. Jessica Atkin, a postdoctoral graduate student and researcher in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, collaborated with a colleague at Brown University to produce a first: chickpeas grown in moondust. The moondust was simulated, but Atkin and her colleagues were able to grow chickpeas in mixtures of up to 75% moondust. Because of her research, future moon-bound astronauts could substitute prepackaged foods with protein from crops grown on the moon’s surface. Read the story 🔗: tx.ag/Ygu0t6b Video provided by Texas A&M AgriLife.