In a movement propelled by environmental concern, nostalgia for a simpler life and a dollop of marketing savvy, developers are increasingly laying out their cul-de-sacs around organic farms, cattle ranches, vineyards and other agricultural ventures. — Wall Street Journal
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Am I sensing a meme?
See also this recent piece in Miller McCune on this same idea of mixed-use development plus agriculture...
The piece discusses key concepts like the legal mechanism called transfer of development rights (TDR), tries out buzz-words like "agricultural urbanism", “agrarian urbanism", “agriburbia” or “new ruralism” and explores the role played by the long championed by new urbanists “form-based code”.
I find it interesting that the new urbanists have wholly embraced agriculture as part of their charter. Also - it's pretty amazing how quickly this has caught on. Just a few years ago people laughed at the idea of including garden plots in new development and now it's considered an amenity in many places.