Life on Earth depends on healthy soil. 🌿🌦️
Healthy soil is fundamental for:
🌱Biodiversity
🌽Agricultural productivity
💧Clean water and flood prevention
🌡Climate change mitigation
🌏& more...
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Yes, that's why let's unite globally now and raise our voice to enact policies to increase soil organic content to at least 3-6% to #SaveSoil@cpsavesoil
Let us unite to #SaveSoil with policies to create healthy soil. Almost every major environmental issue can be reversed with a holistic approach towards soil on our planet.
A study on nutrients in food concluded that we would have to eat 8 oranges to get the same amount of Vitamin A as our grandparents did with one orange, because soil depletion has caused massive drops in nutrient levels in food. (Scientific American, 2011) #SaveSoil
Soil degradation is not just a health concern, it also has a steadily mounting economic cost and national food security ramifications. Soil health is fundamental for human well-being in every way.
#SaveSoil#ConsciousPlanet