Day 4220: GigaFarms and a Happy Birthday !!

 

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This ‘GigaFarm’ in the desert could produce 3 million kilograms of food

The growth towers employ hydroponics and LED lights to grow plants indoors.

Intelligent Growth Solutions

Dubai is already home to the world's biggest vertical farm — and it's set to beat its own record with GigaFarm, a 900,000 square foot facility that could replace up to 1% of food imports. Using growth towers supplied by Intelligent Growth Solutions (pictured), it will grow up to 3 million kilograms of fresh produce annually.

In 2022, Dubai unveiled the world’s largest vertical farm. The 31,000-square-meter indoor facility at Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport, comprised of trays stacked in towers growing plants with minimal water and soil, produces more than one million kilograms of high-quality leafy greens each year. On the other side of the city, at the aptly named Food Tech Valley, work on an even bigger facility is underway: a 12-meter-high, 83,612-square-meter “GigaFarm.”

Vertical farming offers a multitude of benefits over conventional agriculture, including faster crop growth, reducing water use by up to 98%, and taking up far less space. Additionally, vertical farms can be built in places where soil has been degraded and is unusable for traditional agriculture, and indoor farms are not restricted by seasons and climate. But there are drawbacks, too

full article and video, here

  

It's WonderWoman's birthday ...

 

Another year to celebrate. This year, being extra special, I went through photos from over the years, and when it came to narrowing down my selection, I couldn't. So please forgive with me?

3 year old WonderWoman with Mickey

 

with "Good Golly Miss Molly"

 

At 3, already  WonderWoman fan

 

Erin 4, Shogun 4 months

Age 4-1/2 in San Diego

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

age 5, Halloween

 

age 8, Chicago, IL

 

WW & Aunt Vonda, JKF Picnic, 1989

WW awarded Sho-dan, 1990

Then she met Superman ...

 

Engahed on WW's 21st Birthday, 1994, Las Brisas, Laguna

Married, August 26, 1995, Orange, CA

WonderWoman and Superman are still so in love,

 I couldn't have asked for a better husband for my daughter, or father for my grandsons. 

 

Jordan & Jake, Kobe & WW, 2008

 

WW, Magic Mountain, 2009

WW, Anaheim, CA, 2019

WW, in flight, 2020

 

WW, Real Estate license, 2020

Best friends (40+yers), Cheryl & WW, Irvine, CA. 2021

And, because of their love and dedication to family ... three great sons, my "Grandhunks".

GH#3, GH#1, SM, WW & GH#2, 2019

WW & GH#1 (Jordan), ASU, 2015

 

WW, GH#2 (Jake) & SM (at right), 2018

GH#3 (Zack) & WW, 2019

 

SM, GH#3 & WW, Lacrosse, Costa Mesa, CA, 2019

WW & GH#2, 2020

SM & EMT Jordan, 2021

GH#2, SM, WW, GH#1, GH#3, Mothers Day, Anaheim Hills,  2021

WW & SM, 2021

SM & WW, 2022, they worked all day on big  screens for me, 2022

 

Life is very good.

 

Happy Birthday WonderWoman!You really are amazing! WW & SM & friendsson a wonderful trip for her birthday, bu pictures of that later. I will call and sing to her, which is a tradition and maybe a punishment?    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

A 5 minute video, Chemis tree, here

 

  

Just because ...

 

Greater Golden-back Woodpecker

 

Saturday's Smiles ...