They say pigs don’t fly but dairy cows taking part in a novel new Dutch venture may have to learn to swim,
Yes the world’s first floating dairy is to be built by developers in Rotterdam with 40 cows at a cost of £3million.The milk will be processed on the floating deck into yoghurt and the project is fully integrated with for example the cow’s urine treated and utilised to grow red clover, alfalfa and grass under artificial light.
Due to open in January next year the main question is whether cows get sea sick?
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