Agrihood Baltimore: An Urban Farm that Supports Humanities in Place

Abstract

In 2016, the Urban Land Institute provided a definition of an agrihood as “a master-planned housing community with food-based amenities like working farms”. Agrihoods in cities re-localize parts of the food system, an imperative in the face of climate change, while building communities around food production, preparation and preservation. This paper discusses a recent project funded by the Mellon Foundation that introduced humanities-centered programming at the Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm to connect urban farmers and university students to cultivate communities of learners in underserved neighborhoods.

Presenters

Samia Rab Kirchner
Associate Professor + Department Chair, Architecture + Planning, Morgan State University, Maryland, United States

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Civic, Political, and Community Studies

KEYWORDS

Agrihood, Urban Farms, Community Building, Humanities in Place