Research Update

Ongoing Research:

Group Project-

We are interested in taking the efficiency on space food and moving it to earth. We have played with the idea of packaging the condensed food into edible cards. This form also makes a comment on the American societies relationship to food, echoed in Micheal Pollan's writing. We are rushed and we are in need of things that are better for our bodies. Therefore nutritious foods mixed together and dried into a card form makes since. People can have stacks of cards and grab as many as they need. Another discussion that came up is that idea of a deck of cards. Perhaps  on the back the label would translate how many cards equal a certain amount of calories....? We are playing with a fruit dehydrator currently to see what food mixtures are most suitable for our space earth food. 

Individual Project:

I have begun to talk with experts and am continuing to research the possibility of a green house within a shower, both clarifying the air and providing a organic (possibly eatable) garden to urban apartment dwellers with limited space. I have talked with Zoe Bradberry and Abby Bradberry who operate and own Valley Flora organic garden. They both have worked with Micheal Pollan and also with major organic gardening movements within the United States. Zoe was involved in the King Corn movie. I also have read literature about  what conditions certain plants can survive in, and looked at examples of plants being grown within showers. i'll hopefully have a clearer idea about this concept later this week