Hydroponics: Feed grown inside for dairy cows

Dairy farmers in Italy, Japan, Canada and the US, are already using their own fresh sprouted greens, grown with hydroponics, to supplement rations. It may seem far-fetched, but a few dairy farmers around the world are growing some of their own feed – inside. There are now ‘HydroGreen’ hydroponic sprouted grains growing systems on dairy farms in Agropoli, Italy (a water buffalo dairy called Massaria Cielentana near Naples), Japan, Canada and the US. These systems are already installed on