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Why growing vegetables in space matters

A journey from entrepreneurship to ‘out of this world’ agriculture


Date & time
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

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Speaker(s)

Ed Rosenthal, BA 74, founder of Florikan ESA and member of the Space Technology Hall of Fame

Organization

University Advancement

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Join Concordia graduate, entrepreneur and inventor Ed Rosenthal, BA 74 — founder of Florikan ESA and a member of the Space Technology Hall of Fame — as he describes his entrepreneurial journey in agriculture and how NASA uses his patented controlled-release fertilizer to develop reliable plant and food production systems on the International Space Station.

Can’t join us in person? Join us online for the lecture livestream.

Two women and a man wearing protective clothing look at plants in a greenhouse Rosenthal — pictured here with Gioia Massa, project scientist at NASA Kennedy Space Center, and Betty Rosenthal — “saved NASA years of research.”
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