Launching My Floating Farm: What Will The Locals Think? | Growing Wild: Project Castaway - Part 3/3
4711 months ago Chris came up with an ambitious idea of constructing a floating farm at sea.
Travelling to different coastal communities globally, he and his team of students from the National University of Singapore and Institute of Technical Education talked to fisherman, farmers, marine ecologists and environmental scientists.
From pen to paper, ideation to fabrication, they refined their design over and over again. Now it’s make or break time - in 30 days, they have to construct and launch Project Castaway in the waters off Bum Bum Island in Semporna, Malaysia.
And launching it is not the biggest test – convincing the locals in Bum Bum Island to take it on is!
00:00 Previously on Project Castaway
00:58 New design for sea trials
02:09 Recap: What we learned in 11 months
05:41 Final design of our floating farm
09:26 Buying things from the mainland
12:13 The farm comes together
13:44 Moving plants into their new home
16:30 5 days to project launch
18:29 Towing the farm into position
21:58 Making plant fertiliser and animal feed
24:41 Propagating seaweed, oysters, sea grapes
28:02 "I thought this was a crazy idea"
29:56 Floating farms in Japan, Netherlands
33:36 Singapore Agriport for our future food security
37:00 Launch of the floating farm
40:14 First tour of the floating farm
42:29 A taste of the farm's produce
44:15 Reflections on the project
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About the show: Growing Wild S3 will plant some ideas about how we can not just grow food better but also safeguard the environment at the same time. Let’s imagine a future together with what we can do more with both spaces and things around us.
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