FRI-B01: The Future of Food in Our Landscapes: Growing Community

Start Date

10/19/2018

End Date

10/19/2018

Description

Agrihoods—communities organized around food production—offer progressive models for integrating productive landscapes into the fabric of our growing urban regions. This session examines built examples to understand the challenges and opportunities in creating synergistic relationships between communities and agricultural production through planning, landscape design, and operational models.

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Agriculture / Local Food Production

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.50

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand how integrating food production in community design catalyzes community health, interaction, and education. 2. Understand how to integrate different models of food production into a community. 3. Gain insight into operational and programmatic models that influence the design and performance of agrihoods. 4. Examine strategies for increasing the productive capacity of community landscapes.

Instructors

Amaya Genaro; Angela Janus; Daron Joffe; Andrew Watkins, ASLA, AIA; Natasha Harkison, ASLA

Course Codes

Provider

American Society of Landscape Architects

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