Rural Resilience is ARC2020’s strategic initiative to strengthen civil society’s role in shaping the future of rural Europe. Weidehof organic farm: field trip during the 2023 Rural Resilience gathering in Marburg, Germany. Photo: Adèle VioletteIt’s all connectedIn this shifting landscape, ARC2020 champions rural resilience as a political act. Resilience and plumbing at Ferme des 7 Chemins farm, which hosted one day of the 2022 Rural Resilience gathering in Plessé, France. The Rural Resilience gathering 2025 is taking place in cooperation with the Paris office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.