On World Soil Day, go and get dirty, plant a tree, make a mudpie, and make some compost! Healthy soil is full of life, with over a billion bacteria and yards of fungal threads.

RAIN has recently connected with the “4 PER 1000 initiative”. The aim of the initiative is to demonstrate that agriculture, and in particular agricultural soils can play a crucial role where food security and climate change are concerned. It acknowledges that an annual growth rate of 0.4% in the soil carbon stocks, or 4% per year, in the 30-40 cm top layer of soil, would significantly reduce the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere related to human activities.