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Great event today and full house to celebrate #WorldSoilDay and the conclusion of our #SoilHealth citizen science project #Groundtruth. We were delighted to launch our new farming for soil health handbook teagasc.ie/wp-content/u...

🔔Only two weeks until December's GSBI Speaks!🔔

Don't miss Dr. Zoë Lindo chat with Dr. Richard Bardgett about his new book, "The Ecology of Soil: From Communities to Ecosystems", followed by a Q&A.

December 9, 2025 at 6:00 MST, 8:00 EST, 12:00 GMT, 13:00 CET

Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Thanks Natalie. You'll have to visit next time you're in the area!

New €12.7m research facility opens in Co Wexford A new €12.7 million research facility that will focus on the environment and sustainability has officially opened in Co Wexford.

Big day for us yesterday with the opening of our new research facility at Johnstown Castle www.rte.ie/news/regiona... #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #WaterQuality #Climate

I'm sure you have some lovely ones! Alas, the competition is limited to those resident in the Republic of Ireland

Still time to enter our 'Soils In Focus' photography competition to win some great prizes. Closing date 1st Nov. #GroundTruth #SoilHealth

Soil monitoring: Parliament adopts new EU law with better support for farmers | News | European Parliament The new law will ensure soil is monitored in all EU countries and farmers get better support to improve soil health and soil resilience.

A big day for European Soils www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... #SoilHealth

Optimization of Protein Quantification From Soil Samples Protein profiling of soil samples has the potential to enhance our understanding of soil ecosystems and guide the development of sustainable soil management practices. In that context, there is a nee....

We're excited to share our new paper in the European Journal of Soil Science on protein quantification in soil and how to correct for interference bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

YouTube video by Teagasc Soil Chemistry

The basics of soil chemistry explained - our animated video youtu.be/H3mUEXEoKiA?... #SoilHealthWeek #Groundtruth

Get that Friday feeling with 3 great events for our final day of #SoilHealthWeek #Groundtruth

YouTube video by Teagasc Airfield Estate: Growing Healthy Soil and Sustainable Food

Great new video on what Airfield Estate are doing to enhance #soilhealth youtu.be/hP40HMcgk2c?... #SoilHealthWeek #GroundTruth

We're all set to go here in Ballacolla for our #SoilHealthWeek event. Kicking off at 11am

Tomorrow #SoilHealthWeek continues with a walk on the farm of Pat and Tony Dunne in Ballacolla in Laois. We'll be demonstrating simple and quick #SoilHealth assessment methods that anyone can do on the farm or in the garden, and talking about the best way to manage soils well.Bígí linn #Groundtruth

YouTube video by Teagasc Bringing Soil Back to Life: Colm Flynn, Kildare

Great new video featuring Colm Flynn, a Tillage farmer from Kildare, talking about the #SoilHealth journey on his farm #Soilhealthweek #groundtruth

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As part of #SoilHealthWeek we're happy to launch our 'Soil in Focus' photography competition with some great prizes up for grabs #SoilHealth #GroundTruth teagasc.ie/environment/...

Great organic farm walk today as part of #SoilHealthweek #Groundtruth

What’s working harder than any tractor? The microbes in your soil

Great new episode of the Environmental Edge podcast on #ArbuscularMycorrhizalFungi #AMF #Fungi #Endobacteria in Soil by Olga Lastovetsky @ucdresearch.bsky.social kicking off #SoilHealthWeek #SoilHealth

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#SoilHealthWeek 22nd-26th of September teagasc.ie/environment/... #SoilHealth #GroundTruth

Proud to share our paper: Drought intensity shapes soil legacy effects on grassland plant and soil microbial communities and their responses to future drought, out now in @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... (1/n)

#SoilHealthWeek 22nd-26th of September teagasc.ie/environment/... #SoilHealth #GroundTruth

As part of #SoilHealthWeek next week we'll have 3 farm walks: Tuesday - organic farm walk in Longford, Thursday - mixed farm walk in Laois and Friday - mixed farm walk in Wicklow. All welcome #Groundtruth #SoilHealth

Got a soils question? Have it answered by our panel of experts at our free online webinar on Monday 22nd of September at 7pm to kick start #SoilHealthWeek. For details of this and the many other #SoilHealth events check out teagasc.ie/environment/... @vistamilk.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Come talk to the #GroundTruth team about #SoilHealth this weekend at Airfield Estate in Dundrum @vistamilk.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

The #GroundTruth team are delighted to be at Airfield Estate in Dundrum talking about #SoilHealth for the harvest festival. Come and talk to us about simple tests you can do in your garden or farm in advance of #SoilHealthWeek

YouTube video by Teagasc The GroundTruth Project

We were delighted to join the Environmental Edge podcast to talk about our citizen science project on #SoilHealth #GroundTruth @researchireland.ie @vistamilk.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

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📢 Date for the diary #SoilHealthWeek is coming soon to Ireland with events all over the country! Bígí linn 🤗 #GroundTruth #SoilHealth

A microscopic Tardigrade (water bear), walking across a glass slide. Extremely resilient, they can survive decades without food or water and can survive in direct exposure to space.

What can your underwear tell you about the health of the soil? A lot! 2 garden areas ca. 3m apart - one compacted by machinery damage one not. Spot the difference #GroundTruth @vistamilk.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

YouTube video by Teagasc How to conduct GrassVESS

A lot can be learned about #SoilHealth by looking 👀- check out our simple guide here to simple visual assessment of grassland soil youtu.be/9S01Y7XUWDo?... #GroundTruth @vistamilk.bsky.social

Bridging soil biodiversity and human well-being: An actionable framework to measure links between the natural capital and plural value of soils Human activities contribute to soil degradation globally, endangering life belowground and services like food production and climate regulation. To re…

Linking #SoilHealth and #SoilBiodiversity with human wellbeing has always been tricky. The #Soilguard project has developed a new framework for linking these led by Salva LIadó www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...