The Week in Soil
Our weekly blog features the main scientific, political and cultural soil-related stories of interest from across the web over the previous seven days, available on our website and through our Twitter account every Friday morning.
17 December 2021
- UK Food Security Report
- Agribusinesses lobbying for weaker EU policies
- Ownership of data in farming
- Environment Agency video on River Axe catchment
- Success of city allotments
10 December 2021
- UK Food Security Report
- Agribusinesses lobbying for weaker EU policies
- Ownership of data in farming
- Environment Agency video on River Axe catchment
- Success of city allotments
03 December 2021
- New details on Defra’s SFI
- SSA Soil in the Supply Chain report
- FAO announcements for World Soil Day
- Calls for soil carbon code
- Mapping fungi
26 November 2021
- Reforms to EU CAP
- Peatlands in National Parks
- Handheld soil test sensor
- Antibiotics impact on soil microbes
- Soil erosion and regenerative agriculture
19 November 2021
- EU soil strategy for 2030
- Office for Environment Protection
- UK Farm Soil Carbon Code stakeholder event
- New Soil Carbon Guide
- Nitrous oxide emissions
12 November 2021
- COP26
- England’s Environment Act
- Scotland joins 4 per 1000
- WWF Retailer Commitment for Nature
- UNCCD on Sustainable Land Management
05 November 2021
- COP26
- Soil Nutrient Health Scheme for Northern Ireland
- BSSS on soil carbon
- IUCN UK Peatland booklet series
- Soil health for Net Zero farming
29 October 2021
- Soil amendment rejected from Environment Bill
- EFRA concerns over direct farm payments
- 20-50% of soils too salty to be fertile
- Farmer-focused supply chains
- Government agencies buying peat compost
21 October 2021
- Environment Bill in the Commons
- More on England’s Soil Health Action Plan
- Government response to Climate Change Committee
- Soils and greenhouse gas removal
- EUSO stakeholder forum
14 October 2021
- Environment Agency Climate Adaptation report
- Soil Amendment to England’s Environment Bill
- Natural England on woodland creation
- Farmers trust in ‘experts’
- SSA is hiring!
08 October 2021
- Recommendations to improve UK’s water quality
- Benefits of Agroforestry
- Documentaries on farming with nature
- Farming on Marxian soil
- Studying deep soil
01 October 2021
- Soil’s role in UK’s climate change mitigation
- UK’s impact on global biodiversity
- Northern Ireland’s future farming
- Saline soils in Bangladesh
- Volcanic soil bacteria
24 September 2021
- UK’s regulatory bodies call for action
- Lead up to COP26
- Sustainable barley trials
- Chelsea Flower Show winners
- Plastic impact on soil health
17 September 2021
- ELM’s lacking farmer support
- Global impact of agricultural subsidies
- Delay’s to England’s Environment Bill
- Saving our Soils report
- Soil health in Chelsea Flower Show
10 September 2021
- Soils in England’s Environment Bill
- Soil loss to increase 13–22.5 % in EU and UK
- CPRE report on Hedgerows
- FAO resources on soil organic carbon
- IUCN World Conservation Congress
03 September 2021
- Amendments to Environment Bill
- Inflating figures on nature conservation
- Soil biodiversity outcome document
- Diverse landscapes increasing yields
- Earthworms and soil quality
27 August 2021
- EA’s regulatory statement on applying organic manure
- Scotlands ‘New Vision for Land Use’ report
- RHS survey on British gardeners peat use
- UN Biodiversity Conference delayed
- Farming systems that promote ecosystem benefit
13 August 2021
- 6th IPCC report
- Local Nature Recovery Strategies consultation
- Implications of net zero targets for land and food equity
- Barriers to soil testing for beef and sheep farming
- Increase in regenerative farming
06 August 2021
- Expansion of Catchment Sensitive Farming
- New guidance for Farming Rules for Water
- German agricultural soils to help flood mitigation
- Soil moisture driving Africa’s severe floods
- Petition to ban synthetic pesticides in public areas
30 July 2021
- Welsh regulations challenged by NFU Cymru
- Soil loss by water erosion in EU and UK to increase
- Review of carbon credit protocols
- Extreme weather prompts sustainable rotations on pilot farm
- Irish soil monitoring app
23 July 2021
- Environment Agency hiring farm inspectors
- Concerns over biodiversity metric
- New York State’s Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Act
- New buzzword ‘regenerative agriculture’
- Glossary of farming and environmental jargon
16 July 2021
- The National Food Strategy
- Grant awarded to develop and pilot a UK Farm Soil Carbon Code
- Microsoft requests proposals for CDR tonnage
- Stakeholder event on the UK soil carbon marketplace
- Prince of Wales on sustainable agriculture
09 July 2021
- Defra’s Agricultural Transition Plan
- EAC calls for urgent shadow target for soil health
- Soil amendments debated in the House of Lords
- UN call to restore degraded land
- Joint NGO letter on peat compost sales
02 July 2021
- Defra’s Agricultural Transition Plan
- EAC calls for urgent shadow target for soil health
- Soil amendments debated in the House of Lords
- UN call to restore degraded land
- Joint NGO letter on peat compost sales
25 June 2021
- Groundswell 2021
- Environment Bill enters Committee Stage
- EU CAP failing to support climate-friendly farming
- Soil farmer of the year
- Waitrose banning peat compost
18 June 2021
- The CCC’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment
- UK government responds to the Dasgupta Review
- Defra’s updates to the OIF
- G7 legacy nature project
- China’s soil erosion decreases
11 June 2021
- Updates on Defra’s Sustainable Farming Initiative
- 2nd annual progress report on Climate Ready Scotland
- Costs for welsh farmers to comply to river pollution regulations
- Soil pollution makes headlines
- McCain’s regenerative agriculture pledge
03 June 2021
- Failure to protect agricultural pollution of England’s rivers
- Institute of Government report on post-Brexit regulations
- Call for Welsh government to ban peat use
- FAO Soil Pollution report
- Environment Agency net zero road map