EIT Food signs EU Mission Soil Manifesto signalling urgent need to improve soil health
- EIT Food demonstrates ongoing commitment to protecting and restoring soils
- Manifesto welcomed as an opportunity to build community around soil protection
- EIT Food uniquely positioned to grapple with systemic change needed to accelerate action on soils
“Healthy soils are essential for producing safe and nutritious food and for food security. Since the launch of the Horizon Europe Mission Soil, we have advanced in the recognition of the soil health challenges, in monitoring soil health, in the identification of innovative solutions and in awareness raising.
“Everyone has a role to play in improving soil health: from farmers to industries and food processors, from the local to the global level, policymakers, consumers, citizens, we should all work together and act for improving soil health.
"By signing the Mission Soil Manifesto we take a symbolic commitment to protect and restore our soils. The EIT Food official signature of the Manifesto is an encouraging signal for concrete actions in the food sector. I am confident: together we will be able to make the change."