Agro-communitarian

Apr 22, 2022

. . . is a way to describe a movement that combines the cohousing, ecovillage, and agrihood concepts.

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/the-green-issue-2022-agrihoods-next-level-farm-to-table-living/article_9ffa6492-c010-11ec-a2f6-33c7d6960150.html

Local food provision is a key part of initiatives to live more lightly. An agrihood is a community built around or next to a working farm where members are encouraged to (or, at least, welcome to) participate in the farming.

https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2019/11/05/food-community-detroit-garden-agriculture

Written by Steven Welzer

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The editor of Green Horizon Magazine, Steve has been a movement activist for many years (he was an original co-editor of DSA’s “Ecosocialist Review”).

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