New Ruralism (and, New Urbanism)
Yes- SAGE - Sustainable Agriculture Education, East Bay. http://sagecenter.org/ a preliminary vision statement:
“New Ruralism is the preservation and enhancement of urban edge rural areas as places that are indispensable to the economic, environmental, and cultural vitality of cities and metropolitan regions.”
Such New Ruralist places would have an identity rooted in their unique and significant agricultural, ecological, geographical, and cultural attributes.
Check out SAGES - http://sagecenter.org/
and see an example of a news article where this is being put in use: “It Takes a Village:” http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/rescuing-the-rural-edge-—-it-takes-a-village-34304/
