Markus helps feed people in crisis areas

Producing fresh food just days after a devastating flood? The Mobile Emergency Plant Growing Application (MEPA) makes it possible. Markus Dorn, MEPA project manager at the DLR Institute of Space Systems in Bremen, explains how it works and how it relates to Jess's greenhouse project.

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