"Resilience" is a funny word. People generally recognise it when they see it, but experts often struggle to define it.
It is become increasingly important for farmers, appearing in initiatives aimed at building stronger, more adaptable rural communities.
I first heard the word several years ago in Europe, at a conference on rural entrepreneurship. In among all sorts of conversations, a knot of social scientists chatted about how "resilient" was beginning to replace "sustainable" in the jargon of the day. That triggered debate about the difference between the two.
Everyone has a slightly different interpretation. In my inexpert view, sustainable is about long-term survival and carries a sense of continuity or same-ness; resilience is about how a community copes with change, whether that's a sudden shock or slow creeping change.
It includes bouncing back to normal after something happens, but also adjusting to new circumstances and becoming something slightly different in the process.