Floating Farm Takes Sustainable Agriculture to the Next Level
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Inspired by the 2012 food shortages witnessed in New York City following Hurricane Sandy, husband and wife team Peter and Minke van Wingerden came up with the idea for a sustainable farm that floats on the sea.
Designed to produce food where there’s the greatest demand - inside a city - the Wingerdens’ three-story floating dairy farm bobs idyllically in the Netherlands’ Port of Rotterdam, an innovative beacon of sustainable agriculture.
The need for a floating farm? One out of every four freight trucks on the road at any given time is transporting food to urban settings. If these trucks stopped running, as they often do during natural disasters, it’s estimated that grocery stores located in cities would run out of food in just three days.
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What do you think of floating farms in cities?
It's only good for coastal cities. Do they have a plan to move their boat when the next hurricane comes? Has there been any studies on the effects of blocking sun light to large areas of the ocean?
Great idea!
I've toyed with the idea, but exactly what Daniel just said. Also, moving dairy farms next to large cities does reduce carbon emissions from trucks, but you still have greenhouse gas created by the cows.
Make some in Halifax ns!
Where are they going to get the hay and grain to feed the cows? It can take .5 to 2 acres to grow feed for one cow. They claimed they will soon be fully self sufficient but I saw at least 10 cows on what looked 1-2 acres, none of which had anything green growing on it.
3100 BC: Lets put the water onto the crop fields
2019 AD: Let's put the crop fields onto the water
haha Brilliant
Better late than never!
Mayans did it...
@@mothereric8774 Tholtecs irrigation system is probably was two of earliest farm water-nutritioning systems, and Mesopotamian, too.
@queenbeethatme100 it then also pisses out about as much water. The only water that is consumed to produce a pound of beef is the amount of water in said pound.
I love how you respond to every comment, it shows how much you care about your fans and providing them content they can believe by siting sources for their questions. About the floating farm, i think it's a really cool idea with a lot of potential to improve and be part of the future of humanity
Thanks! Glad you noticed :). Hope you are right about the floating farms!
the first step in the netherlands' plan to replace the ocean with farmland
Soon the whole Atlantic will be theirs.
When I first saw this, I suffered a sort of shock - all I could think of was what kind of life is this for a cow?? Such a clinical life, but after calming down, it is certain that many Noah's Arks are needed around the world. I am certain that they will figure it out how to keep the cows from falling in the water. This is a great invention and I'm sure there are applications for people everywhere, especially those living with the rising seas. Thank you for your vision and ingenuity, and concern for humanity.
As a teacher in a rural Alberta farming community, I showed this video to my class. Let's just say that their criticisms were informed, and luckily not sprinkled with profanity. When a 15yr old farmer understands the multitude of issues, it makes me wonder how this idea is being popularized.
Hi, I'm an agriculture student so I've been reading through the comments. I'd be really interested to hear what your students have to say about this or what they think. :)
Personally, I am not a fan of this type of farming. It is really just a floating version of factory farming. It isn't good for animal welfare and holds on to the idea of excessive consumption of meat.
Nothing beats a good cheeseburger
This is a really good idea to give our land and forests relief. I like how they are self sustainable and reuse everything. Very well done. I also like their plan, its a really good plan. My only problem, is how much space the diary cows have. I am happy they have shelter and can feel the sun, but I didn't see any grass underneath their hooves and the stables seemed very narrow. I can see that they care about their animals and I think they should add grass and more room to the stables to keep the cows healthier.
If done well, you can make a floating farm at the water and create a free grass field for cows to walk on..
Because it can be done locally, that means less logistical distances needed, which also means less money to spend.
It’s still Intensive factory farming of animals even if they are floating. A lot of countries would not stand for the limited space each cow would have regardless of how well the animals where looked after. Vertical farming in cities makes a bit more sense. But ultimately farming in the countryside with lots of space and grass for each animal before transporting produce by Electric vehicles still makes most sense.
while i agree that this is not the ideal life for a cow, its still WAY better than the average, soy-fed, high-profit cow life...those poor creatures never even see the sun
Cows going out on a field is far more dangerous today
It was alright 100 years ago when losing a cow was no big deal in a herd and the output difference was just 6 litres at best
Today they are expensive their care is expensive their food is expensive but land way too much for grazing and grazing is not ideal anyway it is totally dependant on climate and environmental factors meanwhile this intensive system runs on silage which is good
Israel has best cows which don't even go out in the sun ever but their production is highest and housing is best
As a proof of concept it's a neat idea. In practicality it doesn't seem like this is a very efficient way to move forward. How would all of those cows fair during a hurricane?
That's how you get milkshakes!
But seriously, as the video mentions the idea was actually conceived in part in response to hurricanes which left cities without fresh food. As a result, the building is designed to be hurricane-resilient, so that even in extreme conditions the cows are not subjected to significant movement. floatingfarm.nl/faq/
I'm sure you can make facilities on land to shelter the cows and let the floating milk farm tough itself out, or otherwise don't let it float but figure out a way to make urban farming better for affordable pricing.
🤔 well the navy sends all their ships out to sea just a bit any time a hurricane is coming in since collision with the shore is the biggest danger, I would assume it's the same here.
@@tammywilson1638 A floating farm *is* a mobile farm, after all.
So, trucking in the feed, large quantity, instead of the dairy foods, small quantity? Haven't you expanded the flow of trucks?
This is a floating factory farm. The animals are not living on pasture, the manure is being collected underneath in some kind pits - you can see the animals standing on slatted floors. It has to stink. The video has several cow models standing on the pasture, but no real cows. What does that tell you? Do they even want to walk down the plank to get there?
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They are living on concrete - that is not how nature intends for cows to live - it doesn't allow them to express their natural behaviors. How do the cows even do with the constant bobbing of a floating vessel? Cows are meant to roam pasture and eat the grasses, not hay 24/7. The food products from factory farmed animals also contain higher levels of Omega 6's and lower levels of Omega 3's, just the opposite of what one's body needs - and the opposite of the balance in food products from pastured livestock. In short - food from factory farmed animals is less healthy. (Plenty of studies on this.)
And I can tell you from living in the Midwest of the US and working with rural communities, liquid manure collected from confinement pits reeks in the pit and it reeks when it's applied to farmland - it's a very different smell from real farms. I'm sure the neighbors of farmland being fertilized with the noxious waste won't be happy. It's creative, I have to give you that, but it's not a solution. The video itself reeks of greenwashing.
The waste might be a big issue if it is dumped and causes algae blooms
I prefer to see cows in pastures. Let people live in flats. It's not really self sufficient, you still need to get their hay from somewhere else. Somewhere where grass grows. Where those cows could live.
Are floating farms actually better after you account for all the variables? Seems like the farm is an attempt to avoid transportation impact but I'm sure there are a ton of unintentional consequences.
The aren't. Vertical farming is the future
The feed and the effluent still have to be transported so there’s an increase in transportation from just delivering milk to the city.
Technically not the first floating farm... There have been tons of natural floating farms for ages...
Are those Cows happy there ?
yes i saw it with my own eyes
Not really,with hot weather cows like to stand in water,and if it´s dry they like to have a dust bath,they need to walk and run,to keep them healthy etc etc..
Dutch people are always ahead of everything,
bluerocker27 like the slave trade! Lol
This isn't the first floating farm in the world 😂 😂 😂 Bangladesh has been doing floating for a long time
That's cool - could you share an example?
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The floating farms in Bangladesh are very different from the one here. The goals are different, the circumstances are different and the result is different.
I like the idea, but can the cows walk free in a meadow too?
I bet cow fart Cortez is absolutely livid about this!
I love these videos, keep them coming! Maybe we could explore what some developing countries may be doing for sustainability?
It's sad that I hate when it rains because I can't control it. I want control over my schedule because my parents want me scheduled.
Make a switch to oat milk that will actually help the world? Nahhh
Make a floaty funny cowboat thingy? GIMME TEN OF THESE
"We want to be completely self sufficient here".. HA! the government would never let that happen.
Is this massive structure truly floating or is that just a clever marketing ploy?
Oohhh,the smell in the city!
A good idea, I like it, thinking outside the box now
We proud to be Bangladeshi.
How will it stay afloat during the hurricane?
How the floating farms are constructed. Can I know by any video source?
Looks excellent for what it is but to scale up to planet fixing levels will require a lighter infrastructure to production ratio.
How the basement is fixed? Whether by concrete or anything else?
darn. was hoping to see living meat rocks (Pyura chilensis)and aeroponics, the water farms of the zero-pollution future!
nice sir i am bangldeshi i like your projekt .
Is it really sustainable if you need 100 donators on the wall?
Why not just grow crops? Raising cattle is just an inefficient way to produce food, no matter how sustainable the model is.
Matheus Lemos reasonable question. They are expanding it to include vegetables and egg-laying chickens; seems their mission is to show a proof of concept for how it can work all over the world. Depending on local conditions, different kinds of food could be more in demand. www.freethink.com/articles/the-world-s-first-floating-dairy-farm
STD is 1.5 acre of grass per cow, how is this going to produce that much grass ?? It looks to be less than one acre per level.
They collect grass from golf courses, parks and other areas in the city where grass is trimmed. There is also an adjourning field where they can stretch their legs, in addition to the stables being twice as large as ordinary ones. www.freethink.com/articles/the-world-s-first-floating-dairy-farm
@Freethink: grass clippings are fine for a start, but todays dairy cattle need more than just the trimmings from the "pretty", one-type-only grass that is fairly standard in urban areas (not to mention the polutants and chemical treatments that are used on lawns, parks, and golf course grasses). You still have to truck in additional nutrients to keep their diet rich enough to produce quality milk....are there plans for getting that from alternative sources, such as seaweed or some such?
i think this could also work great for pigs, just feed them the overripe produce supermarkets couldn´t sell....its win-win, free healthy food for the animals, less trash for the city
What about their feces? Do they reuse it as compos or threw it to water? I'm highly interested with this invention
They mentioned in the video that the manure is also given to the city for use as fertilizer.
The manure is being used as fertilizer, that's been obviously mentioned.
Throwing cow feces in the water?, are you fucking kidding me? :P
That would be a mass protest and the end of that floating farm company.
How’s about, not commodifying living beings?
Do plants live?
Eatplants. If we all acted like vegans we would just BLOCK YOU from making your agenda comments!!! No farm's no food!!
duke1duke1 -
Absolutely, but are plants conscious?
Are plants sentient?
Do plants have a central nervous system to feel pain and suffering?
Do plants form emotional bonds with parents, friends and others?
Do plants have personalities?
Do plants have likes and dislikes?
What’s means more to you?
Your tastebuds or protecting the life of beings that don’t want to suffer and die?
This sounds terribly expensive and cramped for the cows. It would only make sense for mountainous places with no pastures like Korea.
It’s a unique idea.
I see other people who dislike farming in general which is fine.
It seems as the livestock has space to move and a nice view of the waters. I wonder how they did adjusting to the new home
You don't need livestock in the first place.
Unrelated note; I have some green ideas I'd like to talk about ...... If anyone can help me with some information on start up would be greatly appreciated
2.00 min,the water looks very green..!?
What happens if the river floods during the storm?
I figured we should have started experimenting with this back in the 90s when I was in 5th grade. I'm glad to know it wasnt a pipe dream!
Europeans in the 21st century:
Look how smart we are: Floating farms, never before thought of!
Indigenous Mexicans using chinampas in the 15th (maybe as early as the 13th) century:
Are we a joke to you?
Can we visit it?
Will this impact the aquatic life in any way?
Good question. I don't think so. As long as they don't cover too much area and block out the sun it or dump stuff in the water then it should be fine
why not also capture the methane? EDIT: I see, its open plan. my bad
thank you very much for sharing. I didn't understand the part of what do they cows exactly eat, Also, aren't this cows breathing toxic air from the city, and do they get to ever walk o r see the sun? Looks like a nightmare for a cow
imagine being a cow with motion sickness
doesn't this still produce all the methane though? can these structures be used to grow crops?
paadduu 🔥
yes Bangladesh gets flooded continuosly and in the matter of floating farm...well it wont happen in atleast next 50 years in my country mark my word because we dont have democracy its hepocracy whats happening in bangladesh right now.
Until another big storm hits. 😣
we dont have big strm here its save
Poors cows! #govegan!
How sickning for those animals to have to live like that.
Like horses, a cow needs space to move around and graze, and is not happy kept in one small area all the time.!
Isnt this just another feed lot?
Sar any job for this farm my dad is great weldar & fabricator &farmar so any job for my dad i am from India 👍👌💐
There's toooooooo many mouths to fill,me included, I would love to live right after the last Tyrannosaurus gave up the ghost.
Cannibalism would solve both hunger and overpopulation. Time to REALLY think outside the box!
I thought this was Minecraft
A better world???
Poor cows never going to touch fresh grass in their lives...
1:09 Please tell me that was a joke
Stupid waste of money.
Not thrilled for the cows.
this fool didn't "invent" floating farms.
it was the Aztecs that fist started using them when they founded the city of Tennochitilan, (on the lake of the same name), in the 10th century.
Growing food on a barge is your solution to hurricane sandies food shortage. How does it handle high winds and flying projectiles?
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Lmao yeah 'sustainable' cattle taken away from grass and put on a floating feedlot :D
It doesn't solve the problem.
Another click for some ad money for TH-cam.
Poor animals
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I'm waiting for silly comments from vegans.
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Glad you liked it!
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Hirnrissig!!! Such idiocy and cruelty to animals !!!
cruel
This is a bad idea
TransFARMetion
Well.. My doctor told me to eat more seafood
Problem solved
So for the next hurricane you have dead decoposing animal bodies and all of the waist goes in the drinking water