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<description>&lt;p class="ql-align-center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Diving into community design with Agrihoods&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In This Podcast: &lt;/strong&gt;We dive into what AgriHoods are and their transformative impact on communities. Hosts Sarah Rosenberger and Matthew Geldin from Farmscape discuss their roles and experiences with AgriHood projects. Sarah explains her background in urban farming and her journey through various community-based agricultural programs, while Matthew shares his expertise in vegetable gardening and farm maintenance. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We explore the concept of AgriHoods, which are communities centered around agricultural amenities like farms and gardens. Key benefits include providing access to nourishing food, encouraging outdoor activity, and fostering a sense of community. They highlight successful projects such as Rancho Mission Viejo and the challenges of implementing AgriHoods, emphasizing the importance of intentional design and adequate funding. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Guests: &lt;/strong&gt;Sarah has been working at Agrihood sites since 2015 and works for Farmscape in a few different roles. She is passionate about designing programs that exist at the intersection between farms, ecology and human residents. After nearly a decade of working in these types of programs she serves&amp;nbsp;as a consultant for developers of all scales to implement edible and ecologically vibrant amenity spaces and engagement&amp;nbsp;programs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matthew has been Farmscape’s Head Farmer in Southern California since 2014, overseeing the weekly maintenance of hundreds of projects from backyard gardens to neighborhood farms. He is an expert in raised bed vegetable gardening and developed the company’s farming service manual.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sarah's Book Recommendation - &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3QYy0Nj" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Art of Gathering&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Priya Parker&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matthew's Book Recommendation - &lt;a href="https://amzn.to/3G6hfgH" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Botany of Desire&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Michael Pollan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a href="https://UrbanFarm.org/FarmscapeAgrihood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;UrbanFarm.org/FarmscapeAgrihood&lt;/a&gt; for the show notes and links on this episode! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote class="ql-align-center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Need a little bit of advice or just a feedback on your design for your yard or garden?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="ql-align-center"&gt;The Urban Farm Team is offering consults over the phone or zoom. Get the benefits of a personalized garden and yard space analysis without the cost of trip charges.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="ql-align-center"&gt;You can chat with Greg, Janis or Ray to get permaculture based feedback.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="ql-align-center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://theurbanfarm.as.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HERE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to learn more!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p class="ql-align-center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="ql-align-center"&gt;Become an Urban Farm Patron and listen to more than 850 episodes of the Urban Farm Podcast without ads. Click &lt;a href="https://www.urbanfarm.org/patron" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class="ql-size-small"&gt;*Disclosure: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="ql-size-small"&gt;Some of the links in our podcast show notes and blog posts are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase, we will earn a nominal commission at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong class="ql-size-small"&gt;no cost to you&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="ql-size-small"&gt;. We offer links to items recommended by our podcast guests and guest writers as a service to our audience and these items are not selected because of the commission we receive from your purchases. We know the decision is yours, and whether you decide to buy something is completely up to you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson

Urban Farm Team

873: Agrihoods with Sarah Rosenberger and Matthew Geldin

APR 4, 202544 MIN
The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson

873: Agrihoods with Sarah Rosenberger and Matthew Geldin

APR 4, 202544 MIN

Description

Diving into community design with Agrihoods

In This Podcast: We dive into what AgriHoods are and their transformative impact on communities. Hosts Sarah Rosenberger and Matthew Geldin from Farmscape discuss their roles and experiences with AgriHood projects. Sarah explains her background in urban farming and her journey through various community-based agricultural programs, while Matthew shares his expertise in vegetable gardening and farm maintenance.

We explore the concept of AgriHoods, which are communities centered around agricultural amenities like farms and gardens. Key benefits include providing access to nourishing food, encouraging outdoor activity, and fostering a sense of community. They highlight successful projects such as Rancho Mission Viejo and the challenges of implementing AgriHoods, emphasizing the importance of intentional design and adequate funding.

Our Guests: Sarah has been working at Agrihood sites since 2015 and works for Farmscape in a few different roles. She is passionate about designing programs that exist at the intersection between farms, ecology and human residents. After nearly a decade of working in these types of programs she serves as a consultant for developers of all scales to implement edible and ecologically vibrant amenity spaces and engagement programs. 

Matthew has been Farmscape’s Head Farmer in Southern California since 2014, overseeing the weekly maintenance of hundreds of projects from backyard gardens to neighborhood farms. He is an expert in raised bed vegetable gardening and developed the company’s farming service manual.

Sarah's Book Recommendation - The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

Matthew's Book Recommendation - The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Visit UrbanFarm.org/FarmscapeAgrihood for the show notes and links on this episode!

Need a little bit of advice or just a feedback on your design for your yard or garden?
The Urban Farm Team is offering consults over the phone or zoom. Get the benefits of a personalized garden and yard space analysis without the cost of trip charges. 
You can chat with Greg, Janis or Ray to get permaculture based feedback.
Click HERE to learn more!


Become an Urban Farm Patron and listen to more than 850 episodes of the Urban Farm Podcast without ads. Click HERE to learn more.

*Disclosure: Some of the links in our podcast show notes and blog posts are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase, we will earn a nominal commission at no cost to you. We offer links to items recommended by our podcast guests and guest writers as a service to our audience and these items are not selected because of the commission we receive from your purchases. We know the decision is yours, and whether you decide to buy something is completely up to you.