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World Soil Day

World Soil day is held annually on December 5. Take today to learn more about our sources of life! For more information visit the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations:

https://www.fao.org/world-soil-day/about-wsd/en/ where you can learn more fact like these:

  • Over 95 percent of our food comes from soil.

  • Up to half of our household waste could be composted to nurture our soil.

  • There are more living organisms in a tablespoon of soil than people on Earth.

Challenge: Start composting at home: https://www.weplantitforward.org/how-to-compost?rq=compost

We Plant it Forward resources on our Nature Knows blog:

Soil Can Save Us - https://www.weplantitforward.org/blog-list/soilcansaveus?rq=compost

Are You Ready to be the Environmental Champion - https://www.weplantitforward.org/blog-list/2021/5/12/are-you-ready-to-be-the-environment-champion?rq=compost

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