Built with low-cost and recycled materials, the octagonal Jellyfish Barge supports 70 square meters of stacked hydroponic grow racks. Launched in the Navicelli canal in Pisa this past October, the floating farm has already produced a bumper crop of lettuce and radicchio. Photo 2 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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Built with low-cost and recycled materials, the octagonal Jellyfish Barge supports 70 square meters of stacked hydroponic grow racks. Launched in the Navicelli canal in Pisa this past October, the floating farm has already produced a bumper crop of lettuce and radicchio.