What has the potential to bring a community together, increase its resilience, boost sustainability, make its residents healthier, and even add to property values? Some real estate developers see locally grown food as just such a catalyst and are embracing a new model known as “agrihoods.”
In the U.S., we often take food for granted, especially where it’s grown and how it’s sourced. But some housing planners are learning that food can have a big impact on the success of a new residential development, particularly in challenging economic times. In years past, developers often built high-end housing around golf courses. Now some builders are instead designing around orchards, vineyards, cow pastures, vegetable gardens and even organic farms.
Kukuiula, a resort community on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, has, as…
