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Soil Facts - Soil Summit 2026
- Increasing soil organic content from 0.5% to 3% will double the water retained by soil. (FAO, 2019)
- We are losing an acre of soil every second! (Scientific American, 2014)
- Many widely-used antibiotics originated from soil microbes, including penicillin - the first antibiotic. (FAO, 2017)
- Only 1% of soil microorganism species have been identified. (European Union, 2010)
- Fruits, vegetables, and grains like wheat have half the micronutrients they used to. If it's not in the soil, it's not in our food. (TIME, 2012)
- A teaspoon of healthy soil contains 10,000-50,000 microbe species. (Timling, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2016)
- A study on nutrients in food concluded that we would have to eat 8 oranges to get the same amount of Vitamin A as our grandparents did with one orange, because soil depletion has caused massive drops in nutrient levels in food. (Scientific American, 2011)
- All of the world's topsoil could be gone within 60 years, according to UN FAO. (Scientific American, 2014)
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Soil Facts - Soil Summit 2026
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