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May 19, 2016

For developers, golf is out, farms are in

  • The New Home Co. was looking to build a community, not just homes, so the developer decided to cluster the housing around an urban farm.
    • By MICHELLE LOCKE
    Associated Press

    DAVIS, Calif. — “How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm?” asks the old song. The answer may be: Build them an agrihood.

    Feeding off the continuing interest in eating fresh, local food, developers are ditching golf courses and designing communities around farms, offering residents a taste of the pastoral life — and tasty produce, too.


     
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