What is soil health and is it part of the solution to many of the challenges ahead in agriculture?

Did you know that there are more organisms in a single teaspoon of soil than there are people on earth?

On the latest episode of The Environment Edge podcast, Dr Fiona Brennan Soil & Environmental Microbiology researcher with Teagasc based in Johnstown Castle tells us all about soil health.

A quarter of all life can be found in soil, so what actually lives in the soil beneath our feet and have we forgotten how important soil functions are in agriculture in relation to production, water quality, gaseous emissions and biodiversity?

How healthy are our soils, are we hindering or helping our soil health and what should we be doing to get the most from our soil in a sustainable manner?

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https://www.teagasc.ie/environmentedge/

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