What do you do if agriculture is your primary industry, but land is preciously scarce? You build a floating farm.

The Dutch are known for tulips and cheese, yes, but also for innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and drive for sustainability. Nowhere is this truer than in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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On a trip to the Netherlands, we didn’t put Rotterdam on the itinerary because we thought it to be a concrete city lacking the typical canals, delightful city squares, historic churches and tempting cafes for which other Dutch cities are known.

We were right and we were wrong.

The day before departure we took the train from Delft to Rotterdam to visit my nephew, Thomas, who works in city planning.

Rather than boast about Rotterdam’s major greening initiatives, Thomas focused o

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