The resilience of food systems, including agricultural systems, has become a high profile issue in the face multiple disease, environmental and social challenges. Much of agriculture takes place in remote locations where social networks, or connections between individual actors, have been implicated in increasing resilience. We examine a case study of Orkney, Scotland, a remote rural location, using interviews and Social Network Analysis. This case study provides evidence indicative of resilient patterns of social networks, emphasising the importance of schools, transport links and livestock markets in creating and maintaining these networks. These domains are rarely included in agricultural policy, highlighting the need for wider framing of questions. Our research suggests Social Network Analysis is a fruitful avenue for investigating resilience of agricultural systems that can identify hitherto hidden elements.

面对多种疾病，环境和社会挑战，包括农业系统在内的粮食系统的复原力已成为备受关注的问题。农业的大部分发生在偏远地区，那里的社交网络或各个参与者之间的联系被认为与抵御力的提高有关。我们使用访谈和社交网络分析研究了苏格兰奥克尼（偏远农村地区）的案例研究。该案例研究提供了表明社交网络具有弹性模式的证据，强调了学校，运输联系和牲畜市场在创建和维护这些网络中的重要性。这些领域很少包含在农业政策中，这凸显了对更多问题框架的需求。