They're Qatar-based student, and vegetables does not come from ground or tree, but shipping container lol.

I think their idea is noble, but really, hydroponics and vertical farm could potentially scale better than cultivate plant cell and print it, and also a tried and tested method for idk millions of years.

But imagine the possibilities, you could have square carrots, or diamond shaped carrots made out of non carrot material for science

Imagine fresh vegetables on a space mission.

It's Qatar.

Why do you need a 3d printer when carrots have been coming out of the ground for thousands of years.

they explain that in the article :)