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Check out our latest FLP farm in Philadelphia!

By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.8 billion. How are we going to feed everyone? Investment-banker-turned-farmer Stuart Oda points to indoor vertical farming: growing food on tiered racks in a controlled, climate-proof environment. In a forward-looking talk, he explains how this method can maintain better safety standards, save money, use less water...

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It has been an exciting year for First Light Project and we are truly thankful. With the generous support of individuals and organizations we have built a small pilot farm in Philadelphia and the response from the community is overwhelmingly positive! This idea took a long time to germinate but the results speak for themselves....

Here are additional pictures of what we’ve grown in our vertical farms!

We are continuing to make progress with our vertical farms. Here are some of the plants we’ve grown.

Here are new photos of our vertical farming project! We have grown various vegetables in our growing racks.

On Friday, 11/01/19 we planted our first trays of seeds in growing media.  Within 2 days our first plants germinated.

First Light Project’s Pilot Vertical Farm is in the commissioning phase where water is continually circulating as we adjust the pumps and balance water flow. One submersible pump circulates water from our 65 gallon dosing tank up to the top of each unit. Water cascades down the interior leg of the unit and zig-zags down...