What is the Mission Soil?

The EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’ (Mission Soil) is one of five Missions funded under the EU Research and Innovation (R&I) Programme Horizon Europe. Its goal is to create 100 Living Labs and Lighthouses by 2030 to promote sustainable land and soil management in urban and rural areas.

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Living Labs and Lighthouses

Learn how Living Labs and Lighthouses can help to experiment and showcase good practices for sustainable land management. Work with researchers and land managers to find real-life solutions to societal challenges.

Learn more about Living Labs

Why is soil biodiversity important?

Delve into our latest video released for the annual World Biodiversity Day, on how initiatives led by Mission Soil are actively transforming the understanding around soil biodiversity into tangible results, ensuring healthier soils for a sustainable future.

Watch the video about soil biodiversity here

Latest news

Thursday, 24 April 2025

Soil monitoring law: legislators reach a provisional deal

On 10 April 2025, the European Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional political agreement on the Commission’s proposal for a soil monitoring law. The overall objective is to have healthy European soils by 2050, in line with the EU’s “zero pollution” ambition. The new law should also provide for a more coherent and harmonised EU framework for soil monitoring.
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Thursday, 24 April 2025

LOESS MOOC content now available: soil education – an integrated STEM approach

The MOOC ‘Soil education: an integrated STEM approach’, developed by the Mission Soil project LOESS with the support of Scientix®, has officially concluded. The good news is that the course content is now freely available on the European Schoolnet Academy for educators interested in innovative STEM teaching practices through soil education.

Monday, 24 March 2025

Calling all farmers! Apply to join the LILAS4SOILS project and improve soil health

The Mission Soil project LILAS4SOILS (Living Labs in the Mediterranean and Southern EU for the Healthy Future of European Soils) has launched a call for contributions to help farmers implement carbon farming practices and improve the quality of their soil.