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  • From: <permed@nor.com.au>
  • To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Agrarian Suburb?
  • Date: Thu, 5 Sep 02 07:27:23 -0000

>>Could it be possible to design essentially an agrarian suburb? The cities
>>need food (although rooftops can help, they probably need more). Give each
>>home 1 or 2 acres of land, have some communal waterfront ponds with fish,
>>let the kids go fishing out their back door, grow fruit trees along the
>>paths, garden it...and allow folks to make a bit of a living on the food
>>they harvest/produce.
This description fits the vision of most intentional communities from the
early 70's and sounds a bit like Crystal Waters and Jarlanbah - it's been
done and around in a rural context for 3 decades and there's many lessons
to be learnt. Note that for most families 1-2 acres is far too much land
to try and manage, on Jarlanbah we reduced this to a half acre (the
minimum allowed for rural residential) and folks share 33 acres of
community land.
The term Agrarian Suburb to me conjours a more urban picture rather than
the rural residential estate described above. Village Homes is a great
example of a truly productive 'agrarian suburb'.
Robyn




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