A recent preprint posted to bioRxiv investigates how chickpeas have been successfully grown in lunar regolith simulants (LRS), marking the first time such a guideline has been established not only for chickpeas, but also for growing food for long-term human space missions.
I don’t think we’ll be shipping water to the moon.
Fortunately it has plenty.
Moreover, it’s easier to ship energy sources (e.g. nuclear, which today are small heat generators) and use that energy to get to the water that’s there.
I wouldn’t ve surprised if there have been numerous studies of how to get full-scale nuclear generation going on the moon, by launching a reactor in modules. I anyone has a link, I’m curious to see what approaches have been considered regarding launching a core, safely.