Agriculture and gardening are, among other things, one of the 2022 trends linked to well-being.
In Italy it is beginning to be a key objective of new generations and abroad it is already a consolidated trend, accelerated by new awareness of the environmental crisis, on the desire to live more in contact with nature while the pandemic resetting more or less in all of us the priority of living has contributed to a new desire for agriculture.
It is called
'farm livin'.
The
agrihoods
, where an entire urban community revolves around a large
regenerative farm
, it is a powerful trend as more and more people now try to live in communities that offer a proactive, self-sufficient life and that choose to cultivate the soil without exploiting it, for an agriculture that gives rise to healthy food and without harmful additives to development.
This type of farm has even given rise to a real estate sector: Twenty-five years ago, moving to live near a golf course was a status symbol;
homes in those areas were highly regarded for their green space and views.
But millennials aren't interested in that kind of well-kept neighborhood anymore.
In today's culture, where young people love healthy cuisine, farm-to-table products,
There are regenerative farms even in luxury resorts and farm spaces are being built in new residential complexes all over the world: in the act of defining a new housing project, the earth theme is considered, whether it is garden or vegetable garden, as well as that which once it was the request for a gym for example.
In health clubs, the farm is becoming as important as the spa or fitness facilities.
We start by doing agricultural experiences, getting our hands dirty with the earth, having a training from resident farmers to become experts.
In resorts, the farm experience is becoming almost as powerful and attractive a trend as cooking.
There is a desire to know more about regenerative agriculture, there are many online courses and even indoor agriculture for people who live in small houses in the city continues to create interest by being increasingly smart with plants that can grow with artificial lamps , hydroponic and self-sufficient systems thanks to technology increasingly at the service of indoor gardening to have tomatoes, mushrooms, salads at home all year round and self-grown.
Just as we begin to see also in some avant-garde offices thanks to vertical gardens in common areas.
Finally, agriculture is medicine: as we celebrate Earth Month, we should consider the growing research on the powerful, ancient link between soil and human microbiomes - we now know on a scientific basis how our health is affected by the soil microbes we ingest.
As expected, recent research from the UCLA School of Medicine reported by the
Wellness Institute.
This is probably why soil exposure positively impacts everything from immune health to mood.
Have any of you heard of the
"farm effect"
, research, such as that of the University of Helsinki, on how children growing up in agricultural areas suffer far less from allergies, asthma and other inflammatory / immune disorders.
Other studies show that the bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae increases serotonin production and reduces stress in both people and mice (with researchers now studying how to develop a "stress vaccine" from it).
