Mangrove as metaphor: Adaptable plant offers inspiration for sustainable food systems model

Humans rely on metaphors to guide a shared understanding of our complex world, and in a novel twist, a faculty member in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Fisheries, Animals and Veterinary Sciences is borrowing a technique from his colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences to better describe and convey needed change in food sustainability.

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