Do you know that Europe is working to become the first-ever continent having a legislative framework to protect soils and their life🇪🇺🤎🍄? How will that happen? A summary 🧵on what we have on the table so far.

The second board at today’s Farming for a Better Future - Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems Open Day in Teagasc Johnstown Castle, Wexford focuses on the strategies and actions for sustainable & resilient farming. Professor Owen Fenton, Teagasc tells us more in this clip.

It is important to know your soil type and what happens when it rains on your land. The rainfall simulator at the open day shows examples of five different soil types.

If you were unable to make it to today’s Farming for a Better Future - Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems Open Day in Teagasc Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, the booklet from the event is available to view online. Find it here bit.ly/3W45ZWF

A really interesting and informative event today at the TeagascOrganics Growing Organics Farm Walk on the recently converted organic Sheep & Tillage farm of Joe Nolan, Fenagh, Co. Carlow. We're looking forward to assessing #soilHealth indicators on the Growing Organics farms

A busy day potato root phenotyping by the Root2Res Teagasc ARVALIS team in Carlow today

All hands on deck for day 1 of potato shovelomics with Root2Res colleagues from Oakpark and ARVALIS ✅ 🥔

Karen Daly and David Wall discuss the challenges and strategies for achieving environmental sustainability in agriculture, focusing on reducing emissions, improving water quality, enhancing biodiversity, and adopting new technologies. bit.ly/3Wu8wL6

How much high nature value forest/woodland in Ireland, and where is it likely to be? Results from new *predictive* study suggest that HNV forest accounts for approximately 1 % of the Irish land area, or 8 % of the total forest area. OA link 'til Sept: authors.elsevier.com/c/1jTo0yDvMTbW4

Take a look at our free Biodiversity event during heritage Week #johnstowncastle Irish Heritage Trust Visit Wexford

SoilEnvMicro Israel Ikoyi MASTER IA H2020 Delighted to be part of this study! My more general take-home from this study is that when we are being sold a product, demand evidence from independent research to show the effectiveness of the product *under field conditions*.

Our next Zoom into Soil webinar is on Wednesday 14 August from 4-5pm (UK time). Join Rachel Boulderstone, from the Defra Soils & Peat team, and Irene Heuser, from the IUCN, as they discuss International Governance on Soil. Jack Hannam REGISTER FOR FREE: ow.ly/Ot2O50SGClV

Fantastic to see this work published! A great team effort led by Tessa Reid 😊🌾

Sward diversification to minimise fertiliser requirements agriland.ie/farming-news/s…

Promises to be a great event #Biodiversity

The MASTER project focused on harnessing food chain microbiomes to benefit the global agri-food industry. Read more about it in the latest issue of TResearch: bit.ly/4dzeY9U MASTER IA H2020 Paul Cotter SoilEnvMicro Sinéad Waters Mairead

In GSBI's latest blog, Dr. Helen Phillips (Helen Phillips ) discusses how Global Change impacts soil fauna 🐛🐜🕷️🪱. Their study found that soil pollution ⚠️ has the largest negative impact on soil fauna. To learn more, check it out 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity.org/blog-beneath-o…