Super Meal is a project that revolves around growing, cooking and eating the aquatic super plant Azolla, which is one of the world’s fastest growing plants and a rich source of nutrients. This among other things makes it an interesting crop for space agriculture. In the Super Meal project, by Erik Sjödin, Azolla is explored as a future fast food. It will be presented at Färgfabriken in Stockholm during the summer.

Agriculture designed to work under severe resource constraints in space can make positive contributions toward solving food shortages and environmental problems facing humans on Earth and provide effective sustainable solutions for the future. During the summer Erik will experiment with cooking food in the café out of Azolla grown on Färgfabriken’s courtyard.

Left: Close-up of Azolla
Right: Harvesting Azolla at Färgfabriken

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