“An estimated 2.9 million tonnes of topsoil are lost each year in the UK alone.

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— DEFRA, 2015

The Sustainable Soils Alliance is a partnership of businesses, campaigning organisations, the applied scientific community, academia, governmental and non-governmental organisations working together to reverse the current crisis in soil health. 

Our vision is to reverse soil health decline and work together to restore our soils to health within one generation. 

 
 
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Championing the Sustainable Soils Alliance

Tim Smit

Helen Browning

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Beccy Speight

Mary Mead

Tim Mead

“Soil is not seen as the wealth and resource it is. 33% of our soils are degraded. In what other area would you allow 33% of your asset to be degraded?
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— Prof Chris Collins, Soil Security Programme, University of Reading

Our Supporters

The Sustainable Soils Alliance was founded as Soils in Crisis by Treework Environmental Practice and Treework Seminars in 2016 with support from Yeo Valley Farms and the Woodland Trust. We are working to bring together all stakeholders in soil health to create a forum to influence positive change, identify beneficial policy principles and create the frameworks that will support the development of healthy soil for future generations.