Wild LIVE - Digging deeper: is soil our most valuable asset?

Join this panel discussion where we'll ask if healthy soils are the answer to food security, resilient farms and restoring nature.
About this Event

When we think about nature, our minds often turn to landscapes, habitats and iconic species. Yet beneath our feet lies one of the most complex and overlooked ecosystems on Earth. Healthy soils are home to vast communities of fungi, bacteria, earthworms, insects and other organisms that drive nutrient cycling, support plant growth and underpin entire food webs.

Decades of intensive agriculture, including heavy tillage, monocultures and chemical inputs, have degraded this hidden world, reducing biodiversity both above and below ground. As concerns grow around food security, climate resilience and nature recovery, could restoring soil health be one of the most powerful tools we have?

We’ll ask our panel whether caring for our soils could be fundamental to restoring nature, strengthening farm resilience, safeguarding human health and securing our future food systems.