
» RELATED: 16M pounds of tomatoes growing in new indoor facility north of Dayton “It lights up my bedroom enough that it looks like there’s a light on. “We were told it would look like the glow from a normal factory or industrial area,” he said. John Wehner, who lives about a mile and a half north of the farm, said the light permeates through his bedroom window and has woken him in up in the early hours of the morning. Many interesting resources on this subject can be found online.Though the greenhouse operation is a huge economic win for the area, some residents are perturbed by a glowing light they say can be seen for miles. Their gardens are benefiting from the fresh compost, rain barrel water harvesting and other practices of backyard sustainability.

Many Wapakoneta residents do backyard composting of kitchen and yard waste. We cannot accept stumps or building materials. No paper, plastic or trash is to be deposited with yard waste materials. The City Farm is a compost facility for the disposal and composting of yard waste only.

The City Farm, located at 16043 Wapakoneta Cridersville Road (click for map), is a compost facility for the disposal and composting of yard waste only.
