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Suburbs Sprouting Corn and Lettuce

Posted by: Tim Halbur
Thanks to: Dave Shelley
28 October 2009 - 10:00am

Platte River Village, now building in Denver, is a new concept in fusing agriculture and suburbia.

Matthew "Quint" Redmond is a farmer and developer who is building a 944 home project with 108 acres of backyard farms and 152 acres of larger community farms.

"He envisions a future where the nation's 31 million acres of lawn are converted to food production. He sees golf-course greens redefined with herbs; sand traps as "kale traps." He sees retirement homes engulfed by farms and office buildings where workers escape cubicles on farming breaks."

Full Story: Agriburbia Sprouts on Colorado's Front Range
Source: Denver Post, October 24, 2009
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