The Challenges of a California "Agrihood"

Urban Farm DB summary

In this December 7, 2018 article for Agritecture, horticultural consultant David Ceaser reports on the challenges facing agrihood development, using The Cannery in Davis, California (500+ homes, 150 acres, with a 7.4-acre organic farm) as a case study. He notes that residents held unrealistic expectations about how the farm would be run and their role in it, and that poorer-than-expected soil quality required amending with organic matter, delaying farm development. Farm Director Sri Sethuratnam described the aging farmer population and food-production challenges as "a national security issue."

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• 500 units

  housing units(agrihood the cannery)

  DesignControl: stated as 500+ homes

  region

  Davis, California

• 150 acres

  total area(agrihood the cannery)

  Design

  region

  Davis, California

• 7.4 acres

  organic farm area(agrihood the cannery)

  Crop

  region

  Davis, California

• worse than expected, needed amendment↓ Decrease

  soil quality vs expected(agrihood the cannery)

  SoilControl: expected soil quality

  region

  Davis, California

Direction of conclusions

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• Community cohesionMixedWith caveats