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Sustainable Soils Alliance
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We campaign to restore UK soil to health within one generation. For food security, biodiversity, flood protection & climate change mitigation.
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes reports on COP30 🌍 organic farming in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 the dairy sector and soil health 🐄 how plants force their roots through compacted soil 🏋 and much more.

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4okRVnC
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We're at the #NatureFinanceUK conference this morning - looking forward to learning about how soils feature in the theme of 'rebuilding our natural infrastructure for a sustainable future'.

#NatureFinance #SoilHealth #Sustainability
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a Senedd report on soil health 🪱Tesco's environmental programme 🛒 how soils adapt 🌍 lunar soil samples 🌙 and much more.

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/47SSUql
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a new report from Scottish Government 🪱 Defra on the new SFI 🌳 soils in global NDCs 🌍 soil to solve crime 🕵 and much more.

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4nYZAb8
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
As #COP30 starts, we’re championing one of the most powerful climate solutions we have: healthy soils.

Why? Because they store more carbon than all vegetation and the atmosphere combined - and yet remain overlooked in climate finance and policy.

#SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What's the 1st thing you think of when you hear the phrase 'regenerative agriculture'?


During the intro speech by Dr Tamsin Blaxter at today’s ‘Reckoning with Regeneration’ event hosted by the @foodfoundation.bsky.social, the answer is clear - it's soil! 



#Soil #RegenerativeAgriculture
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week in Soil. This edition includes a report on feeding Britain 🧑‍🌾 land reforms 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 no confidence in DAERA 🚫 soil microbe memories 💭 and much more.

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Lu63NF

#TheWeekInSoil
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a UK government report 📄 soil in the construction industry 🏗️ a film about farmers🧑‍🌾 a study linking soil and health 🪱 & more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3JpR0Ec
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week in Soil. This edition includes a plea to homeowners 🏡 the world’s longest agricultural trial 🌱 hidden history in arctic soils ❄️ and much more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ngWEGr

#TheWeekinSoil
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Is your supermarket using the #RedTractor logo to reassure customers?

@riveractionuk.bsky.social have exposed the muck behind the mark - join us & take action TODAY.

Tell your supermarket to call out Red Tractor & enforce real environmental standards ➡️ bit.ly/47poOKA

#UpYourStandards
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's #WorldEarthwormDay 🪱 and we're celebrating these heroes of the soil in all their glory with some facts & figures. To find out more about these wriggly champions, click on ⬇️

#Earthworms #Soil #SoilHealth
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekInSoil. This edition includes news on funding for farmers 🚜 carbon permanence 👣 Lidl’s pledge🛒 astonishing discoveries of life 🪱 🌱 and more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4qug79E
October 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Great to enjoy a farm visit 🪱 organised by Évora University to see soil-centric approaches in practice on-farm, as part of the Soils for Europe Think Tank sessions – and work alongside Detlef Gerdts, Eric Struyf and @orsinyarai.bsky.social 🤝

#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Greetings from Évora 🇵🇹, where our founder and Co-Executive Director, Ellen Fay is representing the SSA at a two-day session of the #EUSOLO "Footprint on Soils' project as part of the wider flagship initiative 'A Soil Deal for Europe' 🇪🇺

#SOLOMeetsEvora #Evora #HorizonEurope
October 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The Week in Soil is back with key #soil related news stories from the past month.

This edition includes news on the cabinet reshuffle 🔀 , EU passing the Soil Monitoring Directive 🇪🇺, fungi, hedgerows and soil carbon 🍄‍🟫, Sahil Jha cycling to Save Soil 🚴 and much more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4q5hH1h
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
More insight from @wclnews.bsky.social #WildSummit: in a session hosted by @rspb.bsky.social on the Business of Nature Recovery the discussion's on how combined effort by NGOs, businesses & govt is the only way to achieve common goal of resilience.

#NatureRecovery #Resilience #Collaboration
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Great to hear about Govt plans to protect & restore nature, and see so many eNGOs gathering at @wclnews.bsky.social inaugural #wildsummitUK!

Takeaway from @marycreagh.bsky.social speech: "healthy soils, abundant pollinators and clean water" foundation for farming 👏🪱

#Soil #SoilHealth
September 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Monday was a great day for soils advocacy!

Pleasure working with Merlin Sheldrake, Prof Karen Johnson, Adv Cairo Robb, and Roz Savage MBE on this event to demonstrate opportunities of the Climate & Nature Bill and call for environmental policies with soil at their heart.

Photo: Ellie Sandiford
September 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on the ELMS Test and Trial results 🚜, Scottish peatland emissions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, and more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ncNqLJ

#TheWeekInSoil
September 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We've been prepping the soil, watering it well and planting seeds - because our new website will sprout soon! 🌱

Stay tuned 👀

#Sustainable #Soil #Sprouting
September 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Read last week’s #soil news here with the latest edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on biostimulant testing 🪱, digital soil mapping tools 🗺️, nature loss and GDP 🦋, and much more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4g11bL9

#TheWeekInSoil
September 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on the biostimulant testing 🪱, digital soil mapping tools 🗺️, nature loss and GDP 🦋, and much more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4g11bL9

#TheWeekInSoil
August 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Read last week’s #soil news here with the latest edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on the Live Well scheme 🫐, the Global Plastics Treaty collapse ♳, Soil carbon markets 📈, and much more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4kX9eJU

#TheWeekInSoil
August 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on the Live Well scheme 🫐, the Global Plastics Treaty collapse ♳, Soil carbon markets 📈, and much more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4kX9eJU

#TheWeekInSoil
August 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Click here to read last week's edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on subsidies for nature-friendly farming 💼, the England Ecosystem Survey 🗺️, and much more!

Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4kX9eJU

#Soil #TheWeekInSoil
August 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM