Floating Future
Floating Future is a Dutch company that develops floating technology to enable food production floating on open water all over the world. Floating future does this as sustainably and organically as possible.
Cities
In the future, cities will have problems providing their populations with fresh and sustainably produced food.
Worldwide
Most growing cities in the world are located on water or have a connection with water. With floating technology, food production is made possible on unused water surfaces.
Scaleable floating technology
Floating Future develops and builds floating food islands of 6m x 26m each that can be linked infinitely. MARIN will conduct extensive research for this in 2022.
For Cities
Floating future takes fresh and healthy quality food directly, faster and cheaper to consumer or merchants.
The Hydroponics method
On floating technology, crops are grown with hydroponics. This is the most efficient and sustainable way of growing. Floating Future works together with Wageningen University for this.
R&D Team
Floating Future works as an interdisciplinary Team consisting of Scientists, Biologists, Designers and Engineers.
History
In 2000 the first floating garden was commissioned by the Municipality Amsterdam. It was built with an cooperation of people with a distance to the labour market. (This floating garden can still be admired at the Panamakade in Amsterdam).
The new food
Demo and test location in Almere Netherlands (20km from Amsterdam).
News
A great amount of the harvest went to the Almere Food Bank.
We are happy to have been able to contribute here.
Research in Almere on the floating cultivation island is going well.
Students of the AERES University of Applied Sciences monitor the growth of the plants. These plants are now 11 days young.
Off-grid energy for healthy crops
Three 360WP solar panels power the devices on the floating volesel island.
Research into bio materials for our food production
THE first float for cultivating crops with the hydroponics menthod made of a biological material: It is made of Mycelium with local agricultural rest-streams. Mycelium is the root network of mushrooms. This mycelium acts as a natural glue that can bind a biomass together.
This floats are an own development in collaboration with GrownBIO. The first one now floats in our test set-up at the Floriade.
Another milestone for sustainable, floating food technology from Floating Future, which we are very proud of✊🏻
Research on the floating prototype
In the coming period, technical research will be carried out to further improve the product.
Prototype launch
launching Our prototype CI3 in the water for further mechanical research.
Hydroponics – the future of agriculture.
Research by our former employee Lien Vonk: Hydroponics – the future of agriculture.
Internships and Graduation projects available!
Floating Future is always looking for passionate students in the fields of Industrial design, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, plant breeding, food studies and biology.
Mechanical research and concepts
Meeting with the project leaders of the student groups of the international project week 2022 of the SAXION University of Applied Sciences Enschede.
Applied Biology
Students of the AERES University of Applied Sciences present their first research results on food production with hydroponics on floating technology.
Growing interest in floating food production
Floating Future has successfully tested a prototype on a small scale at MARIN in Wageningen.
Throwing the anchor for the first berth
The full-scale prototype will move with the wind and rest on a large ship anchor.
Building the first product
In 2021, the R&D team started building a full-scale prototype. This takes place on the site of the Netterden BV in Gendringen (NL).
Harvest party
On 31.08.2017 we celebrated the practical test of growing food on floating islands with a harvest party. Wageningen University & Research presented successful results and Brownies & downieS created very tasty dishes with it.
The first meal
Enjoy these fresh harvested veggies of Floating Food Farm. Grown on water in water and absolutely clean, free from slugs, diseases and plant stress. The first meals with paksoi and endive were very tasty.
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