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Agrihood
An agrihood is a type of planned community that integrates agriculture into a residential neighborhood. The purpose is to facilitate food production as well as provide green space, recreation, aesthetics and value for a community. The Urban Land Institute defines agrihoods as " single-family, multifamily, or mixed-use communities built with a working farm or community garden as a focus." The earliest use of the term "agri-hood" was back in 2009 by Dr Alec Thornton, in a journal article "Garden of Eden? The impact of resettlement on squatters' 'agri-hoods' in Fiji,", which explores the rise of food gardens in low-income settlements in Fiji. In 2014, "agrihood" was adopted by Southern California-based development company Rancho Mission Viejo LLC as a marketing trademark to target affluent millennials who wanted housing closer to fresh food. Agrihoods are based around the concept of integrating farms and gardens into neighborhoods, allowing for the development of residential nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gardening Lots For Rent At Agritopia
Gardening is the process of growing plants for their vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, and appearances within a designated space. Gardens fulfill a wide assortment of purposes, notably the production of Aesthetics, aesthetically pleasing areas, Medication, medicines, cosmetics, dyes, foods, poisons, wildlife habitats, and saleable goods (see market gardening). People often partake in gardening for its Therapy, therapeutic, health, educational, Culture, cultural, Philosophy, philosophical, Environmental protection, environmental, and Religion, religious benefits. Gardening varies in scale from the 800 hectare Palace of Versailles, Versailles gardens down to container gardens grown inside. Gardens take many forms; some only contain one type of plant, while others involve a complex assortment of plants with no particular order. Gardening can be difficult to differentiate from Agriculture, farming. They are most easily differentiated based on their primary objectives. Farming pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
