Related story "We need agriculture back in our cities and in our minds" The company behind Floating Farm claims that Australia often exports as many as 800,000 cows a year, and the animals are often aboard large ships for weeks at a time. The cows each have their own stalls, with rubber floors that are soft but supportive underfoot. They are also free to wander back onto dry land – a neighbouring field – when they want to stretch their legs.Ĭows today are often on water, as many are shipped between countries. The organisers claim that animal welfare is a big conern for them. Their manure is used to create a natural fertiliser. The cows are fed with grass from playing fields and golf courses in the city, along with waste food products like potato scraps, bran and brewers grains.
A milk robot allows cows to be milked as they choose It generates all of its own electricity from floating solar panels and provides fresh water through an integrated rainwater collection and purification system. The structure was developed to follow circular design principles. So we will have to look at a climate adaptive system to continue feeding the city." "Climate change shows that there is increasingly heavy rainfall and flooding of cities and farmland. In fact, fertile land is becoming increasingly scarce," they continued. "The available area of fertile agricultural land does not grow along with the world population. "In 2050, it is expected that two to three billion people will have been added." The cows each have their own stalls, with rubber floors "We are seeing an ever-growing world population," explained the Floating Farm team.
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