Helping the farmers and land managers of tomorrow by providing new tools to measure soil health without the need for laboratories.
Using artificial intelligence to monitor and predict soil health for farmers and growers across Europe.
"The farmers of tomorrow will use their mobile phones as pocket soil laboratories. This will allow them to save on energy, eliminate fertilisers and produce food more efficiently while also getting paid for capturing atmospheric carbon”
We’re going to find out which soil health indicators work best, and work with pilot sites on the ground to test and develop tools in the real world environment.
Soil health now – but when? Why we need to consider the timing of indicators like infiltration in forest soils
Peter LehmannWhile the recent “Soil Health Now” conference in Wageningen rightly emphasised the urgent need for soil health protection and the role of specific indicators in the upcoming soil health law, a critical yet often neglected...
New map of soil health set to revolutionise how we manage soil in Europe and allow us to peer into the future
AI 4 Soil HealthA new EU Soil Health Data Cube layered map will revolutionise how farmers, land managers and policy makers sustainably manage soil in Europe and enable us to peer into the future and model solutions for...
“Innovation is key to improving how we understand, manage and protect soil”
Karen Fisher and Katy-Jo StantonRecently, a team of experts and volunteers from the Soil Association visited Woodoaks Farm, in Hertfordshire, England, as part of the AI 4 Soil Health project. Over three days, the team used new tools and...
