My term as National Soils Advocate ends 28 August. The position is under review by Government. My thanks and good wishes to all followers and fellow #Soil champions. It has been a privilege to fill this role.

I support Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health's focus on #SoilHealth as part of food systems transformation and look forward to participating in the 'Engagement and Outreach Working Group' meeting this evening. Find out more about the Coalition here: coalitionforsoilhealth.org

I encourage attendance at the Soil Science Australia WA annual Boodja Lecture next Thursday 24 August. It was my honour to deliver the 2022 Lecture. This year distinguished soil scientist, Prof Richard Bell, will have centre stage.
#DYK 'Boodja' is the Noongar Aboriginal word for land?

Soil is a vital national resource that we need to protect and sustain. Australia has a strong #SoilScience foundation. As Patron of both Soil Science Australia and Soil CRC, I'm proud to support both our emerging and accomplished scientists. #ScienceWeek .
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Happy #NationalScienceWeek ! 🥳🌾🚜🦠🔬

🎉👩‍🔬It’s National Science Week! Hats off to all the scientists working on #SoilCRC projects to advance #soilscience and benefit Australian farmers👨‍🌾

Soil Science Australia Cooperative Research Australia (CRA) #scienceweek

The new ACIAR CEO starts today. Congratulations Professor Umberger. @ACIAR is doing great work on #soils . May this continue under your leadership.
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Good to see Soil CRC receive $3.94m to lead a consortium evaluating drought resilience in farming systems and soils. The project will use a network of established long-term trials in WA, NSW and Victoria to improve understanding and prepare for drought by adopting best practices.

📣 Calling early career researchers in crop nutrition! Enter the Intl Fertiliser Soc 2023 Brian Chambers International Award before 30 September for your chance to win £1,000 🔗buff.ly/43TyMzn
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Vale Jim Ingram AO. Admired colleague and distinguished Australian diplomat, notable for his decade as Executive Director of the UN's World Food Programme (1982-1992) and as head of Australia's aid agency (1975-1981) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺, when he and Sir John Crawford were instrumental in establishing @ACIAR.

Good news in WA - experienced DPIRDWA NRM executive Dr Melanie Strawbridge is appointed as the new Soil and Land Conservation Commissioner, responsible for administering the Soil and Land Conservation Act (1945).

Thanks to outgoing commissioner Cec McConnell.

Congratulations to Regional Soil Coordinator, Cameron Leckie Australia’s first Registered Soil Practitioner SQNNSW Innovation Hub. Excellent work Soil Science Australia. This certification of soil practitioner's competency is a good step froward in implementing the National Soil Strategy.

The Agsafe Stewardship Conference and Awards is being held 25-27 July. Learn more about #bagMuster and other stewardship programs. Unfortunately, I am no longer able to attend. My Senior Adviser, Sue Bestow, will give the welcome address on my behalf. conference.agsafe.org.au

This year Agsafe celebrates 30 years agricultural product stewardship in Australia. While useful to industry, plastic in soil affects #SoilHealth , plant growth, and pollutes waterways. I welcome their new #bagMUSTER collection and recycling initiative. bagmuster.org.au

Happening today!
Join our UN Food Systems Coordination Hub #UNFSS2023 side event.
🗓️Tuesday 25 July 2023 8:00 CEST
A call to action to transform food systems from the #soil up!
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SNV World IKEA Foundation AGRA - Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. SNV Kenya Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health Food Systems Partnership

Since our inception in 2017, we’ve invested significantly to develop a range of new soil measurement technologies. Soil CRC project leader Dr Marcus Hardie (University of Tasmania) shines a spotlight on this emerging tech 👉 soilcrc.com.au/spotlight-on-e…

#soilresearch #soiltechnology

Join us for the launch of the Int. Net. on Soil Fertility & Fertilizers. Let's dig deep into solutions for nutrient imbalances, efficient fertilizer use and #SustainableSoilManagement !
📅17 Jul 2023 13:00 CEST
📝Agenda: tiny.cc/q609vz
🔗Register: tiny.cc/o609vz

Excellent keynote presentation by the #GlobalSoilPartnership 's International Network on Soil Pollution chairman and soil contamination expert Prof Ravi Naidu. Diffuse and point source pollutants are on a worrying path, increasing every year. Action is needed.
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I am looking forward to attending the 11th Plenary Assembly of the Food and Agriculture Organization #GlobalSoilPartnership 12-14 July. This is an important forum for advancing the global soil agenda. A highlight of this evening's Opening Session will be the launch of the Soil Atlas for Asia.

Soils are the foundation of our food security, yet less than 40% of EU soils are healthy.

We have proposed a new Soil Monitoring Law to help increase our resilience against climate change and ensure that all soils are healthy by 2050.

Learn more with our #EUDataCrunch 👇