The keratin-based substrate is biodegradable, eco-friendly, sustainable, and could revolutionize urban farming.
Scientists at NTU grew crops from discarded clumps of hair. Hair served as the growth medium instead of soil.
The research is crucial to a more sustainable form of urban farming.
In a lab at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, scientists have been growing crops — leafy vegetables, micro greens, rocket leaves, and the Chinese cabbage bok choy — using discarded hair collected from salon floors.
NTU
Doesn’t sound too appetizing, does it?
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