Capita hosted a conversation with Lyndsey Gilpin, founder and editor-in-chief of Southerly on April 2, 2020, about how the responses to COVID-19 and public health emergencies are inextricably linked to our geography, our natural resources, and our environmental conditions. We also asked her about the importance of food security during a pandemic, the challenges facing rural healthcare, and what social distancing means for the long-term flourishing of children in rural America.