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Regenerative agricultural strategies can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from food production, restore local ecosystems and enhance community well-being. (Shutterstock)

How nature‑based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well‑being

Saeed Rahman, University of The Fraser Valley and Natalie Slawinski, University of Victoria

In the face of growing social and environmental challenges, organizations in the food and agriculture sector are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration.
With growing crises around the world, communities are grappling with challenges and coming up with solutions to address them. (Shutterstock)

How to strengthen community resilience in a world plagued by crises

Jennifer Brenton, University of Michigan and Natalie Slawinski, University of Victoria

As communities across the globe struggle with mounting social, ecological and economic crises, creating conditions for collaboration and connection in and across communities can build resilience.
People gather on the rocks outside the famous Fogo Island Inn, part of a social enterprise aimed at helping local communities hit hard by the collapse of the cod industry. (Alex Fradkin, courtesy of Shorefast/Fogo Island Inn)

Fogo Island shows how social enterprises can help rebuild communities post‑coronavirus

Natalie Slawinski, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Wendy K. Smith, University of Delaware

Social enterprises like the one in Fogo Island, N.L., offer hope in a world turned upside down by the current pandemic.

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