Agrihood: a place to cultivate a nurturing and sustainable way of life through tending and caring for the land.

An agrihood takes living in harmony with nature to another level. Built around working farmland, gardens, and nature-centric community spaces, agrihoods combine the best aspects of comfortable suburban living with an inherently sustainable natural and agricultural environment.

Simply put, agrihoods offer comfortable space for working, living, and growing (in the ground, and at home), and are a desirable option for people seeking to unplug from city life by living organically. 

What is an Agrihood?

From Urban Land Institute, Washington DC, USA

Benefits of an Agrihood

Accordingly, Agrihoods have innumerable benefits for residents and the environment alike. Typically, they are designed to be walkable and include trails, parks, and other green spaces designed to promote creativity and foster engagement with the land’s natural features. 

These features also promote community closeness, with the hopes that a shared sense of purpose and like-mindedness among residents will create lifelong relationships among neighbours. 

“Agrihood is defined as single-family, multifamily, or mixed-use communities built with a working farm or community garden as a focus.”
— Urban Land Institute

Food Security and Sustainability of Agrihoods

Agrihoods has emphasis in the important links between food and sustainability by including on-site farm-to-table food access, through the form of markets and restaurants that take straight from the soil. 

Not only does this reduce the carbon footprint of the food eaten by the community’s residents, but it also provides them with opportunities for involvement by volunteering at the farm, in the gardens, at the farmers’ market, and in the agrihood’s eateries and event spaces.

As well, many agrihoods are equipped with eco-friendly waste technology and disposal practices, and with green infrastructure including solar farms, compost systems, and energy-efficient buildings.  

Around the world, Agrihoods have offered refuge from the hustle and bustle of city life with enormous success.