I worked with the woman that grew the first tomatoes at the Pole. That was over 30 years ago.
[Regularly withstanding temperatures below minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit]
Crappy weather, but colonists would enjoy fresh vegetables.
Did they filter the sun to account for the decreased intensity on Mars?
Sounds to me like they would have used up so much energy to grow these plats that it wouldn’t be viable for Mars. Lots of diesel or gasoline to run generators for light, heat, to melt snow and ice (?) to water them etc. For Mars would be easier to just take Vitamin C pills.
It’s wintertime there, so these are the most expensive veggies possible. Not much light ( some 60 days w/no sunrise) most of the time.
Veggies don’t grow unless there is enough light and the temps are around 70-85F, so the energy/fuel costs to generate such condition were enormous.
The infrastructure alone probably weighed in at 20+ tons- so not likely feasible to launch to anywhere.
Oh, yeah I forgot, microwaves in a open ended tank or solar sails or diLithium crystals are just on the horizon!
Hmmm, not one word how it keeps up to temperature at your link or at the project’s site http://eden-iss.net/