Oracle's Larry Ellison Is Getting Into Farming Inward A Big Fashion (Automated, Hydroponic, Greenhouses)

From the Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

Tech billionaire Ellison sees potential for agriculture on Lanai

Manele Bay, Lanai >> For much of the final century, Lanai was the world’s premier supplier of pineapple. Now, there’s a novel excogitation to brand the isle a model that changes agriculture for the globe past times growing the freshest, virtually nutritional create together with profitably selling it for less than mass-produced imports.

Larry Ellison, the tech manufacture billionaire who bought 98 percentage of Lanai v years ago, announced the detailed essay Sat inward a Honolulu Star-Advertiser interview on the island.
The ambitious plan, which involves automated, computer-­driven hydroponic tillage within giant greenhouses, is portion of what tin last viewed equally Stage two of Ellison’s vision to brand the isle a sustainable community.

“We’ve looked at agriculture, together with it is 1 of the few industries that has non been transformed past times modern technology,” he said at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay.

If the $15 1000000 high-tech greenhouse slated to last running past times the middle of side past times side twelvemonth is successful, it could last reproduced far together with broad with a global deport on on farming together with people who would last able to eat amend create that costs less.

“Lanai is stride No. 1,” Ellison said. “We intend nosotros tin transform agriculture.”

Ellison added that his venture, which relies on renewable publish energy together with niggling transportation costs, should last profitable inward its rootage year.

The crops grown initially at what volition last known equally Lanai Farms are expected to include tomatoes, leafy greens, cucumbers together with herbs exactly could expand inward a hereafter stage with to a greater extent than vegetables together with mayhap fruits, according to Kurt Matsumoto, main operating officeholder of Pulama Lanai, the Ellison fellowship managing Lanai operations.

Ellison said scientists together with computers volition mensurate together with maximize nutrition, together with that resulting crops should cost “a fraction” of what Hawaii consumers pay for what’s on shop shelves today.
If you lot accept the highest character together with the best nutrition, you lot accept to last willing to pay less,” he said with a smile. “It’s economical together with wellness benefits all rolled into one. The highest-quality nutrient at the lowest prices.”

Other parts of Ellison’s Lanai 2.0 excogitation include a $75 1000000 transformation of the Lodge at Koele inward Lanai City into a resort where people become to improve themselves with meditation, yoga, serene ikon immersion together with luxurious spa treatments, alongside other things....MUCH MORE
 

Some powerfulness intend Mr. Ellison to last inward need of or then serene ikon immersion himself with his 1.16 billion shares of ORCL downward $6.57/share over the final viii days exactly should force come upward to shove ol' Larry should last ok.  he e'er has Musashi to larn away from it all:

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