Soil

Satish Kumar in conversation with Sadhguru about the importance of soil to our economies and our cultures.

Soil is a neglected and vital issue. Can the House of Lords protect the UK soils where the House of Commons has so far failed?

Warming of 2°C would release billions of tonnes of soil carbon.

Riverford founder has released a 'video rant' to coincide with World Soil Day.

The health of our soils is more important now than ever, says the Soil Association’s Helen Browning - especially with the challenges that climate change will bring ...

The clean-up of contaminated land earmarked for 380 homes in Cambridgeshire has been 'watered down', according to campaigners, fuelling fears over the potential health impacts of toxic chemicals underground. Tom Antebi reports

Your soil will love you for it, wildlife thrives in it and weeds are deterred by it. Here is the what, why and how of green manure

What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, they did at least try to warn us that intensive farming would render our soils and civilisation unviable...

From weeding, to digging and composting, watering and mulching, get to know the good earth better

Deforestation, wind erosion and poor farming practices blamed for deterioration of soil as the real costs of the Green Revolution are measured

A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year

It might be fair to say that the earthworm is a farmer’s best friend.

It’s hard to learn much or do much about sustainability without getting your hands dirty.

In August 2006, German chemicals company BASF applied to start GM potato field trials
in Cambridge and Derbyshire as early as next spring. The GM industry is making many
claims about this product, but are these based on the truth? Andy Rees investigates