Resembling a set piece from Waterworld, the simple skeleton, a roughly 750-square-foot wood base and glass greenhouse, floats atop 96 buoyant recycled plastic drums and boasts a sophisticated monitoring systems to maximize efficiency and water usage. Built to be modular, the barges can be lashed together to form larger floating farms.  Photo 1 of 5 in Incredible Floating Barge Makes it Possible to Grow Food on Any Body of Water by Patrick Sisson

Incredible Floating Barge Makes it Possible to Grow Food on Any Body of Water

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Resembling a set piece from Waterworld, the simple skeleton, a roughly 750-square-foot wood base and glass greenhouse, floats atop 96 buoyant recycled plastic drums and boasts a sophisticated monitoring systems to maximize efficiency and water usage. Built to be modular, the barges can be lashed together to form larger floating farms.