[Rotterdam port and floating farm]
[Floating farm on the water]
[Worker carrying bucket along gangway to the floating farm]
[Model of cow and real cows on floating farm]
[Cows being fed]
[Floating Farm owner, Minke van Wingerden, with cows]
Minke van Wingerden (interview): “Countries are more and more looking to be self-sufficient in one or another way, and also of course climate change is a big thing, because a lot of countries, they suffer from flooding or dry periods so, when you have a floating farm, you are climate adaptive, so you can keep on producing fresh healthy food for the city.”
[Cow stepping into robot milking box]
[Robot milking the cow]
[Workers in the floating farm’s milk and cheese processing department]
[Cheese]
Minke van Wingerden (interview): “When the cows are not okay, we can close down the whole project. So, there are a lot of vets, they are coming and seeing how they are doing. But we see that they are doing very well, their fur is shiny, they are curious, they produce a lot of milk, and the quality of the milk is very good. So everything is going very well, and we are happy about that.”
[Floating farm]
[Bottle of milk and cheese]
[Van Wingerden talking with visitors]
[Visitors tasting the milk]
Minke van Wingerden (interview): “We have visitors here all day, all the week, groups we hardly can handle it. So, that means that in every city, there will be the same interest, because city dwellers, they also like to visit the farm, and to see how food is produced. So, people are interested not only in the agricultural side, but also in the innovation projects.”
[Cows inside the floating farm]
[Floating farm]
Jake Boswell (interview): “Of course there’s a huge carbon expenditure in the crafting of this three storey floating steel vessel that supports them. And so I haven’t seen the lifecycle analysis of that project. As a demonstration. I think it’s totally worthwhile, I love demonstrations. As a viable solution to supporting a growing human population, I think you have to ask, well, is dairy farming even plausible in that situation?”
[Xochimilco]
[Xochimilco tourist boats or “trajineras”]
[Boat navigating through Xochimilco channel]
[Farmers and chefs looking at produce]
Jake Boswell (interview): “It’s not intended to last forever, it lasts a season or two, but it’s easily constructed, they’re completely organic, they’re biodegradable. And it allows farmers to utilise land, to continue to utilise land for farming that might be lost otherwise. So I think that’s a really smart use of a new technology or really an old technology.”
[Statue of Liberty seen across rough water from Battery Park]
[Rough water and waves crashing against New York Harbour front]
[Cars on ramp of flooded underground car park]
[Partly submerged cars]
[Traffic light swinging in wind]
[Traffic light swinging in wind]
This script was provided by The Associated Press.