Soils in Europe, EU mission and ground-up remedies

How might we bring soil back to health, if it's over-tilled, artificially fertilised and often poisoned?
In order to achieve long-term environmental health, and grow better harvests more easily?

I was approached by Adam O'Toole, a scientist and researcher for the Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research, indirectly for the European Union. He wrote:

"Up to three quarters of soils in Europe are considered to be in an unhealthy state
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/soil-and-land_en See also the EU soil observatory https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esdacviewer/euso-dashboard/
EU commission are putting their R and D funds into solving some major societal problems which they have prioritized into 5 missions, including the Soil Mission https://prepsoil.eu/about/the-soil-mission
The soil mission aims to reverse soil degradation in Europe by establishing 100 Living Labs on farms around Europe which will lead the way."

More info on what living labs are https://prepsoil.eu/living-labs-and-lighthouses
The Prepsoil project that Adam worked in https://prepsoil.eu/about/the-prepsoil-project

Viewers, please sign the signature campaign to support the Soil Mission Manifesto
https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-mission-soil-launches-its-manifesto-2023-04-18_en

00:00 Introduction - Adam, EU soil researcher
00:22 My introduction
01:37 Adam explains who he is and what he does
02:20 Q to Adam - How would you define better soil in this context?
03:24 To what extent does dig/no till contribute to arresting the decline of soil health
04:42 Adam explains the ‘Soil Deal for Europe’, a research and development program - scientists working with farmers
08:28 What can the average person do to help? Soil Mission manifesto https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-mission-soil-launches-its-manifesto-2023-04-18_en
09:22 Introduction to my son, Jack, and his farm
10:08 Jack explains how UK farmers are farming as sustainably as economics allows, and the condition of his topsoil
11:13 He explains the different grades of soil, and the three soil types within his grade 3 soil - bushy grain, loamy clay and heavy clay
12:12 One of Jack’s fields, direct drilled with wheat - he explains what direct drilling is and why people are starting to do it
14:05 He explains the limitations on how much muck he can spread
14:56 Wheat being grown for Wildfarmed, and Jack explains bi-cropping, see their channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-e2jCLmdTDKJ6vUcFVrxw

Music by Rory Dinwoodie @rorydinwoodiemusic (Instagram).

See these videos for more on no dig and the soil:
https://youtu.be/ahWvvw2oGHA - no dig results in soil with few weeds
https://youtu.be/u0V-5qXQz9U - smaller harvests after forking the soil
https://youtu.be/pmm-hKgUDA8 - keep soil growing, and soil keeps growing

The EU offered me €1000 for making this video, but I declined to take it because I want it to be clear that this is coming from me, and is not a sponsored missive!

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