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AI 4 SOIL HEALTH

WEBAI 4 Soil Health is at the forefront of working with stakeholders to co-design, create and harness digital technology to support pan European efforts to halt and reverse soil …

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5 ways to save your soil at home Soil Association

WEB3. Grow soil saving plants. Another way of saving soil at home is to plant flowers and plants that are beneficial to soil health. There are plenty of species you can plant in your …

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Advice for farmers about soil health

WEBSoil health. One quarter of all species on Earth live in soils, providing the basis for all food production for the other three-quarters. Like all habitats, soils must provide the full range …

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Save our soil Soil Association

WEB3. Raising public awareness. We work hard to demonstrate the importance of soils, and how protecting them helps resolve our climate, nature and health crises. 4. Encouraging …

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Herbal Leys 'How To' Guide

WEBPlanning is crucial, so think about: How establishing the ley fits within your arable rotation or other temporary grass reseeds. Achieving the best seed bed preparation possible …

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The impact of glyphosate on soil health

WEB1 Introduction Over the last decade, about 6.1 billion kilograms of the herbicide glyphosate have been applied worldwide.1 Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine] is an active …

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Starting a nature-friendly allotment

WEBRotation crops (annuals) – Rotational planting involves planting in groups to improve soil health and optimise nutrients in the soil. Leave a three-year gap before the same group …

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SEVEN WAYS TO SAVE OUR SOILS

WEB4 Increasing arable and horticultural soil organic matter levels by, on average, a fifth over 20 years would improve soil health considerably. It will lead to more fertile soils

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10 Soil Facts 2021 Update Soil Association

WEBHere are 5 things all of us can do to help keep our soil healthy. Organic farms have 20% more organic matter in their soil on average. Organic farmers make soil health a key …

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Scotland farming programmes

WEBGood grassland and water management, farming with trees, building soil health and farming organically are some of the ways farmers help to reverse climate change and …

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Compost is good news for soil health

WEBField experimentation The Defra/WRAP-funded Digestate and Compost in Agriculture (DC-Agri) project was commissioned in 2010 to provide the evidence base to support the …

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How pesticide mixtures may be harming human health and …

WEB4 treatments. For example, the average hectare of oilseed rape or cereals, such as wheat and barley, was treated with pesticides twice as many times in 2016 as in

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Soil Health and What to Measure

WEBGrowing Resilient Efficient And Thriving GREATsoils. Inspire growers to develop their ability to assess the health of their soil. Give growers practical solutions to improve soil health. …

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Taking the Biscuit

WEBOur investigation has revealed that the Government's 'Better Health programme' app, actively promotes ultra-processed foods when it should be encouraging healthy swaps. …

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GM crops – the health effects

WEB4 GM CROPS – THE HEALTH EFFECTS the use of GM feed and does not change or undermine the fact that the researcher found GM DNA in the milk. The Soil Association …

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Soil assessment methods

WEBSoil assessment tests evaluated and rated by growers 1 = low; 5 = high rated by growers Skill required Time input Cost input Suitable for Not

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Why are worms important

WEB3. They repair damaged soil. Worms can also help clean up contaminated land by enhancing ‘bioremediation’. This is when micro-organisms break down environmental …

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