Food on Mars with Dr. Flávia Fayet-Moore

Food keeps us alive — but it also keeps us human.

In this Everyday Mars episode, Joe talks with Dr. Flávia Fayet-Moore, or Dr. Flav, a scientist, entrepreneur, and space nutritionist who’s making the future of food exciting again — on Earth and beyond it.

Dr. Flav is the founder and CEO of FOODiQ Global, co-founder of Food is Cool, and an alum of the International Space University’s Space Studies Program. Her work blends nutritional science, genomics, sustainability, and a serious passion for making food fun.

Together, Joe and Dr. Flav dig into what astronauts are eating right now (spoiler: lots of pouches), why nutrition gets weird in microgravity, and how long-duration Mars missions will push us to rethink how we grow, store, and enjoy food. They also explore how what we learn for Mars could make eating better and living healthier easier for everyone here on Earth.

So whether you’re a future Martian farmer or just someone trying to keep your plants alive — this one’s for you.

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Link to Dr. Flav’s 2007 paper “A food "lifeboat": food and nutrition considerations in the event of a pandemic or other catastrophe”

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