May 21 Program: Agriburia: Bringing Herbs back to the Burbs!
Urban Agriculture is thriving in numerous states and Canada, with ongoing experiments in Virginia, Vermont, North Carolina, Idaho, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Colorado and California. The Urban Land Institute estimates that up to 200 such projects are developed or in progress.
Quint Redmond obtained his BS Geology, an MS in Urban and Regional Planning and a Masters in Landscape Architecture. During graduate studies he met his wife and business partner Jenny, and together they founded and co-own AgriNETx LLC and Agriburbia LLC. He has been an adjunct faculty in the College of Architecture and Planning at University of Colorado, Denver, teaching Landscape Geometrics and Quantitative Sustainability. Jenny has a BS Biology and Masters in Urban and Regional Planning. Together Quint and Jenny run Table Mountain Farm in Golden, a "model property" for Agriburbia.