On Friday, 11/01/19 we planted our first trays of seeds in growing media. Within 2 days our first plants germinated.
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This is What Hydroponics Sounds Like
First Light Project’s Pilot Vertical Farm is in the commissioning phase where water is continually circulating as we adjust the...
Tackling the Wicked Problems Philadelphia Faces
For those of you who are following our journey, it’s been a whirlwind week for First Light Project. Tuesday night...
Why Vertical Farms Are Able to Avoid the Current Romaine Debacle
Are we witnessing the fall of the Romaine Empire? Probably not, but most Americans are heeding CDC warnings and staying away from...
A Case for Vertical Farms
Two days before the biggest food holiday of the year the CDC warned North Americans not to eat romaine lettuce. So what did...
Why Food?
I was asked the other day why First Light Project is building a farm in West Philadelphia. I said; “it...
The Many Faces of Climate Change
Climate Change is happening today. We are past the theoretical and philosophical discussions of what a changing global climate means...