NASA has been a pioneer in the field of indoor farming for decades and collaborates often with outside institutions.

For more than 40 years, Purdue University in Indiana has received funding from and collaborated with NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, as part of the agency’s Specialized Center of Research and Training program to explore methods of growing plants under electric light.

In this video (which is about an hour long), you’ll see Gioia Massa, Christina Johnson, and Jacob Torres, who have all been guests on Gardeners of the Galaxy