The Sustainable Soils Alliance is a partnership of farming organisations, businesses, NGOs, applied science and academia working together to reverse the current crisis in soil health and restore our soils to health within one generation.

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Reimagining the Levels

Director Nev Fay presented on Trees & Soil Health at this recent Somerset landscape meet-up.

Soils and the Policy Agenda

Director Ellen Fay presented at a Healthy Landscapes event as part of Plymouth University’s Research Festival.

The Economics of Soil

Our event at Portcullis House took place on 18 March. More information on speakers and programme of discussions here.

Soil in the 25 Year Environment Plan

Our latest report to Defra recommends the inclusion of soil health as a headline indicator in the Environment Bill.

Soils in the Supply Chain

Director Matthew Orman outlined our work with the horticultural supply chain in Waitrose’ latest Farmlink magazine.

Soil Soap Box

Professor Iain Fraser of Kent University’s School of Economics presents Some Basic Economics of Soils in the latest of our opinion series.

soil health indicators: a report on our workshop for defra

soils & the 25 year environment plan: our recommendations to defra

The Rationale for Healthy Soils as a Headline Indicator in the 25 YEP

The economics of soil: private asset or public good? Read our report

Championing the Sustainable Soils Alliance

Rebecca Pow MP

Sir 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

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The Sustainable Soils Alliance is a partnership of farming organisations, businesses, NGOs, applied science and academia working together to reverse the current crisis in soil health and restore our soils to health within one generation.

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