Throughout Mission Soil Week, one theme resonated strongly: farmers and land managers must be at the heart of Europe’s soil health transition. Supporting them requires more than policies and indicators – it requires listening.

🎥Watch Prof Rachel Creamer's reflection: www.youtube.com/watch?v=le6D...

📢We've just launched the Soil Stakeholder Insights Explorer, an online interactive tool that collects insights from 600+ stakeholders in 21 workshops across 24 case studies and 9 European countries.

👉Explore the tool: ecoenvai.ijs.si/benchmarks/s...

We're heading to #Eurosoil2025 in Seville! Our team will share our latest research on soil health, biodiversity & ecosystem services, and discuss #BENCHMARKS's impact on soil health assessment.

We look forward to connecting with the soil science community!

#SoilHealth #EUSoilMission

What are the key themes, turning points & research gaps in 25 years of soil health research?

Read this new study to find out: 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/soi...

#SoilHealth #BENCHMARKS #ScienceToPolicy #HorizonEU

📢BENCHMARKS Soil Sampling Protocols have just been published! This is a major step toward standardised soil health monitoring in Europe. Congratulations to all collaborators!

🚜🌳Ag and forest: tinyurl.com/ycyahprw
🧪Ag & forest experimental sites: tinyurl.com/mpampnah
🏙️Urban: tinyurl.com/n3rttpxu

Our brilliant Project Coordinator @paolodilo.bsky.social will present #BENCHMARKS at the EGU General Assembly 2025 in Vienna!

🗓️ 30 Apr 2025
📍 Session: SSS4.11 – Soil health under global change and human impact

🔗 Full details: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

#EGU25 #SoilHealth

🧪 “Soil health is the glue” that sustains life and drives us forward!

At the BENCHMARKS AGM in Nancy, project partners gathered for strategic discussions, hands-on workshops and community building for healthier soils in Europe. 🌱

Read more: soilhealthbenchmarks.eu/soil-health-...

#SoilHealth

📣We are delighted to announce that BENCHMARKS Project Manager Paolo Di Lonardo @paolodilo.bsky.social will speak at the 4th Annual Meeting of the International Network on Soil Biodiversity (NETSOB) to discuss soil biodiversity.

📆26th Feb
🕜13.30

Register: lnkd.in/eZsJvDRc

#SoilHealth #BENCHMARKS

This season, as Christmas trees 🌲 grace many of our homes, let’s flip the perspective: the roots beneath rely on healthy soil for life. Here’s to the hidden pillars of healthy growth! 🌱

Happy holidays from BENCHMARKS—wishing you warmth, gratitude & reflection! 🌟

#SoilHealth #Roots #BENCHMARKS

🌱 Soil Blitz events by Earthwatch Europe in partnership with BENCHMARKS empower communities to protect soil health. The latest, with Wij.Land at De Vooruitgang farm (NL), saw 25 farmers assess soil health. Stay tuned for more citizen science updates! 📸credits Earthwatch Europe. #SoilHealth

📢 Calling Stakeholders! Join SOILSCAPE, a 4-year EU-funded project to promote soil health by 2030. Partner with UNESCO & connect with experts from science, arts, & culture to build a Soil Literacy movement. 🌱 Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdhntftr
#SoilHealth #SOILSCAPE #HorizonEurope #ArtForSoil

🚨Join us today at this webinar to hear from soil health experts working on EU Mission Soil projects, including our very own BENCHMARKS Project Manager Paolo Di Lonardo!
@paolodilo.bsky.social

🕛Starts now!
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yc7kmvfj

Welcome to Soil Health BENCHMARKS in Bluesky!
We'll be posting about our project progress and results, publications, events, soil health news and more!

Stay tuned and connect with us to enhance collaboration on soil health research and practice! 💪