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Could a community purposely designed to preserve the natural environment and maximize opportunities for human interaction with companion animals be a site for long-term studies of the health and education benefits related to regular access to these interactions?

Such was the premise around which the Harmony Institute was founded and its mission formed:  to promote human health and well-being through the interaction of people, animals and the environment.

While science has already established that our relationships with animals and nature are good for us, there is much more we need to know.  Before the Harmony Institute, the ability to conduct long-term studies of the health and education benefits among residents within a community designed to accommodate these interactions did not exist.