After legal battles and a failed attempt to preserve the land as open space, the citizens’ group succeeded at creating an alternative to conventional sprawl. With Sands’ expert agricultural guidance, a thriving sustainable agriculture center was formed. It consists of Sandhill Organics, a profitable 45-acre commercial organic farm, a small educational farm, and a farm business incubator program that trains beginning farmers and helps them acquire their own land. The programs aim to attract new farmers with opportunities for financial stability. And, according to Liebov, all three projects give the community an “identity” that is deeply connected to its food source. It’s also good for the bottom line. All home sales were completed in 2005, and sold for roughly 30 percent more than homes in comparable developments. All in all, it’s a phenomenon that led famed New Urbanist architect Andres Duany to declare in 2006 that “agriculture is the new golf.
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