Food to go-and go and go

By Brian Caldwell.  This article was originally published on Waterloo News.

Two researchers at Waterloo Engineering have made the semi-finals of a multi-year contest to develop new food production technologies and systems to sustain astronauts on long space missions.

Chemical engineering professors Valerie Ward and Nasser Abukhdeir are among 10 entries still in the running in the Canadian edition of the Deep Space Food Challenge, which has a $380,000 top prize.

As semi-finalists, Ward and Abukhdeir have already won $30,000 for a proposed algae rack system that minimizes water and energy usage while cultivating highly nutritious microalgae for human consumption.

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