Food Systems Resilience: Concepts & Policy Approaches - Jenileigh Harris & Emily J. Spiegel

Holling introduced the term into the field of ecology, describing it as the “persistence of systems and their ability to absorb change and disturbance and still maintain the same relationships between populations.”25 Holling contrasts this with his definition of stability, which resembles the engineering concept of resilience—“the ability of a system to return to an equilibrium state after a tempo. [...] Food Systems Resilience Development of the Resilience Approach | 9 Psychological Resilience Around the time of Holling’s work on ecological resilience, the psychology field began using resilience as a way to understand human behavior in the face of “considerable disadvantages” and hardships.32 As John Hoddinott captures in the “Brief History of Resilience” chapter of Building Resilience for Food a. [...] In other words, the relationship between and, in its place, created the Nutrition Assistance Program Puerto Rico’s food insecure population and the presence for Puerto Rico (PAN is the Spanish acronym).127 Through of farmers markets and fresh food in general fuels a self- PAN, the Food and Nutrition Services of the United perpetuating cycle that does not lend itself to building States Department o. [...] resolution on Puerto Rico and “called on the Government of the United States to expedite a process enabling the The Mutual Aid Project has provided similar energy people of Puerto Rico to exercise fully their right to self- access for Puerto Ricans in Mariana (a municipality of determination and independence, and to take decisions in Humacao) in addition to providing free meals out of a a sovereig. [...] Food and Nutrition Act of es need for participation of women in the 2008 to authorize additional 2008 to authorize additional broad con- agricultural sector; and for funds to expand the nutritional funds to expand the nutritional sultation and other related purposes25 assistance program in the assistance program in the engagement Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 26 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico27 (dead).