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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.
Wednesday, 18 December 2024
SpongeWorks Open Call for Associated Regions now open
Apply to become a SpongeWorks Associated Region and receive support to enhance the sponge function of your landscapes, improving water retention, soil health and climate resilience.
Eight regions will be selected to receive up to €100,000 each in grant funding to develop and implement innovative sponge measures and strategies. Deadline: 31/01/2025
Wednesday, 4 December 2024
European Mission Soil Week 2024
The European Mission Soil Week organised by Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), in collaboration with the Joint Research Center (JRC) - EU Soil Observatory (EUSO), Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) and Research Executive Agency (REA), held in Brussels from November 12 to 14, 2024, was a success, attracting 250 onsite and almost 300 online participants through live streaming.
Tuesday, 3 December 2024
Meet the Mission Soil Ambassadors: champions of soil health
Healthy soils are the foundation of sustainable food production, climate resilience, clean water, and biodiversity. Yet, soils are often overlooked and are in poor condition. To address this challenge, the Mission Soil Ambassadors programme was created, bringing together passionate soil advocates from across Europe. Using their expertise and communication skills, they aim to enhance soil literacy, inspire action, and drive progress towards the Mission's goals.