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FROM THE MAGAZINE: Deriving cosmetic #ingredients through alternate sourcing such as fermentation 🦠, upcycling and sustainable farming 👨🌾 will be critical to address #environmental challenges. Indoor farming or controlled environment #agriculture is one solution to fulfill the demand for sustainable 🌳 ingredients. This approach supports the growth of fresh products 🍎 sustainably, with #minimal use of land and water and greater control over the environment including potential contaminants. This article, from our July/August issue, by Vaijnath L. and Philip Shukla at ICSC, describes #precisionclimate farming to derive natural ingredients 🌱. Examples are given of arugala and cress #microgreens grown in this manner, which were extracted, stabilized and tested as described here to confirm their antioxidant levels, effects on the skin and incorporation into formulations ⚗. Notably, the microgreens 🌿 of plants in and of themselves have higher levels of antioxidants. Paired them with precision climate farming, however, can enhance these benefits while also reducing the impact on the environment. 🌏 #cosmeticscience #formulatingbeauty Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g9zHrSQA

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