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Friday, 30 May 2025
Have your say: Project Credible’s expert reports are now open for feedback
Project Credible has recently launched public consultations on a series of reports prepared by the project's experts and invited specialists, addressing the challenges and solutions for adopting carbon farming and regenerative agriculture across Europe. Don’t hesitate to take a look and share your views with Credible.
Monday, 26 May 2025
Open call: seeking seven European museums to co-host the “SOIL ART TALES” exhibition
In the frame of the SoilTribes project, the Global Network of Water Museums launches an open call to select seven museums in Europe to host the travelling exhibition “SOIL ART TALES. Living Ecosystems for Shared Futures”.
Monday, 19 May 2025
EU invests €7.3 billion from Horizon Europe to enhance its competitiveness and talent growth
The European Commission is investing over €7.3 billion through its newly adopted Horizon Europe work programme for 2025 to strengthen Europe's research and innovation engine and global edge. This will drive cutting-edge science, accelerate the EU's green and digital transitions, and enhance Europe's competitiveness.
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.
Monday, 17 March 2025
Meet Mission Soil Ambassadors Perrine, Anne and Tilen
Mission Soil Ambassadors are passionate advocates from across the EU and Horizon Europe Associated Countries, dedicated to raising awareness about soil health or environmental sustainability. They inspire societal engagement and drive meaningful action towards the Mission's goals. As such, the number of our Mission Soil Ambassadors is growing, and we want to introduce you to some of our new Ambassadors!
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Call for artists – SoilTribes project
As part of the Mission Soil SoilTribes project, the Global Network of Water Museums is launching a call to select four artists that can work on creating a new soil tale: adding emotional and motivational layers to human-soil connections, offering new ways of visualizing, interpreting, and interacting with soil.
Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Shape the future of digital soil monitoring technologies
The Horizon Europe project E-SPFdigit invites stakeholders across Europe to share their insights into the needs for onsite digital technologies to monitor nutrients, chemical, and biological stressors in soil and plants. If you are a farmer, land manager, advisor, company, researcher, or part of a technical centre working on soil health, sustainable farming, or food safety? Then this survey is for you!
Thursday, 19 December 2024
Commissioners Hansen and Roswall sign the Mission Soil Manifesto
On December 10, during the Agri-Food Days in Brussels, Commissioners Christophe Hansen (Agriculture and Food) and Jessika Roswall (Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy) signed the Mission Soil Manifesto, reaffirming the EU’s commitment to preserving and restoring soil health.