World Soil Day: Here's What You Should Know
Oddly, we don't often appreciate the ground beneath us even when we know that healthy soil is critical to our future. Soil is highly underappreciated as, without soil, the world wouldn't have any food security. Fortunately, there's a day dedicated to highlighting the need for healthy and improved soil and maintaining it that way. World Soil Day Soil degradation is among the major environmental challenges. It happens when soil health weakens due to overuse or lack of soil management. So, each year on December 5th, World Soil Day (WSD) is celebrated annually to raise awareness about the benefits of healthy soil and its sustainable nutrients. History Of World Soil Day In 2002, the Worldwide Union of Soil Sciences proposed establishing an annual international day to honor and raise awareness of soil on December 5th. Under the supervision of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) encouraged the es...