NEW DELHI, Oct. 7 -- On a recent day, Dutch businesswoman Minke van Wingerden looked on as one of her 32 cows stops at an automated milking station on an unusual farm. The milking station is set up on a raised structure above a waterway in the port of Rotterdam.
Van Wingerden is one of the developers of what is known as the Floating Farm. They are testing whether dairy farming is possible in the center of one of the world's most industrial areas. Rotterdam is far from the green fields of traditional Dutch farms according to report published in learningenglish.voanews.com
Van Wingerden told The Associated Press the idea for the Floating Farm dates back to 2012.
At that time, she said, her partner Peter was involved in a project in New Yor...