World Soil Day
05 December 2023
Thursday 5 November World Soil Day
This year's theme focuses on soil and water as the foundation for food production, ecosystems, and human well-being.
📌 Rainfed agriculture systems account for 80 percent of croplands, contributing to 60 percent of the global food production
📌 Improved soil and water management improves the land's capacity to withstand extreme climate events such as droughts, floods and sand/dust storms
📌 Healthy soils act as a carbon sink.More amazing soil facts from the Soil Association:
It is estimated that at least a quarter of all earth's species live in the soil
One gram of soil (a quarter of a tablespoon) can harbour up to 10 billion organisms
Only about 1% of the microorganisms found in soil have been identified so far
95% of food production relies on the soil.
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- Saturday 18 May
- NA To Sunday 26 - Inverness Festival of Walking and Wheeling
- 11:00 Black Isle Horticultural Society Spring Plant Sale
- NA Culbokie Community Market
- Thursday 23 May
- 18:30 Join the Zero Waste Food Challenge: Workshop 3 - STORING
- Saturday 25 May
- 10:00 North Kessock Community market
- Tuesday 28 May
- 18:30 Highland Council Place Plans learning event
- Saturday 1 June
- 13:00 Black Isle Repair Cafe at Avoch
- Thursday 6 June
- 19:00 Join the Zero Waste Food Challenge: Workshop 4 - PREPARING!
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