A crop of vegetables grown without daylight , earth or pesticides has been harvested in Antarctica . The project , which aims to enable humans to grow fresh vegetables on other planets , is co - ordinated by German Aerospace Centre DLR . The crop , which was composed of 3.6 kg of salad greens , 18 cucumbers and 70 radishes , was grown inside a high - tech greenhouse . -20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit). NASA has already grown green vegetables on the International Space Station . However , the DLR project hopes to create a broader range of produce that can potentially be grown on Mars , or the Moon .
A crop of vegetables grown without daylight , earth or pesticides has been harvested in Antarctica . The project , which aims to enable humans to grow fresh vegetables on other planets , is co - ordinated by German Aerospace Centre DLR . The crop , which was composed of 3.6 kg of salad greens , 18 cucumbers and 70 radishes , was grown inside a high - tech greenhouse . NASA has already grown green vegetables on the International Space Station . However , the DLR project hopes to create a broader range of produce that can potentially be grown on Mars , or the Moon .