Beladon, a Dutch property development company, is creating the world's first -ever floating dairy farm in Rotterdam 's Merwehaven harbour. It will be home to a herd of Meuse-Rhine-Issel cows, which will be milked daily by robots, producing around 800 litres of milk per day. ’s population is also growing: Rotterdam has designed the farm to minimise its use of space, water, transport, nutrients and energy, and it will reuse and recycle as much as it can as part of its contribution to a circular food stategy.
Beladon, a Dutch property development company, is creating the world's first -ever floating dairy farm in Rotterdam 's Merwehaven harbour. It will be home to a herd of Meuse-Rhine-Issel cows, which will be milked daily by robots, producing around 800 litres of milk per day. Rotterdam has designed the farm to minimise its use of space, water, transport, nutrients and energy, and it will reuse and recycle as much as it can as part of its contribution to a circular food stategy.