Could we grow our foods in the heavens rather than on the earth? In order to do serious exploration and colonization of space, we will need a source of food beyond Earth. But can we go beyond simply small hydroponic gardens to entire vast space farms in orbit of our planet, and could those farming on satellites and space stations eventually replace earth-based agriculture as our main food source at home?

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Upward Bound: Space Farming Episode 148, Season 4 E34

Writers Isaac Arthur

Editors A.T. Long Darius Said Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Matthew Acker Sigmund Kopperud

Producer Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team Ariesticnig Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Katie Byrne Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com Kristijan Tavcar LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Mihail Yordanov Sam McNamara Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator Isaac Arthur

Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music: Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com A.J. Prasad, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/