World Soil Day 2020 highlights

This year’s theme was ‘Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity‘ and we heard from numerous West Australian farmers about what they are doing on farm to improve their soil biodiversity and celebrated the great work our farmers are doing to look after their soils and increase biodiversity.

Features of the day included:

• Hearing from Farmers and their on-farm practices to increase their soil biodiversity
• Seeing your own soil biology under the microscope
• Hearing from the recently appointed Soils Commissioner Paddock walks to see the trials Steve has been conducting
• Networking with a diverse range of farmers from across the state

Speakers for the day included farmers from a range of industries The event focussed on practical ways to improve soil biodiversity in our Western Australian agricultural lands.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development supported World Soil Day 2020 with a range of resources including a soil pit and free soil science activities for children. Perth NRM acknowledges DPIRD’s coordinated and collaborative effort to celebrate the great work of West Australian farmers. RegenWA is co-funded by Perth NRM and the Western Australian Government’s State NRM Office.