Audiovisual Service - How can we farm without plants? – Make the connection with EU-science

How can we farm without plants? – Make the connection with EU-science

‘Make the connection with EU-science’ is a series of explanatory videos focusing on the scientific content and exploitation aspects of EU research projects.

The current video showcases the InnCoCells project, which uses innovative cellular agriculture to grow scurvy grass and other medicinal and aromatic plants in bioreactors, bringing a dazzling range of sustainable, high-quality ingredients for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals to market.

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How can we farm without plants?

Make the connection with EU science.

Scurvy grass is known for its healing properties,

but growing on cliffs and in swamps

it's difficult to farm

and unsustainable to collect from the wild.

By growing cells instead of whole plants

the EU-funded InnCoCells project

produced powerful active ingredients

with minimal ecological impact.

Showing how the tiniest farms