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When Soil Became Bread – The Korean War, Geophagy, and Soil Security
“Man shall not live on bread alone.” But what happens when even bread disappears? In June 1950, the Korean War tore through the land. Cities fell silent under bombardment. Villages emptied as families fled into the mountains, leaving behind homes, fields, and food....
From Aerial Photography to Satellites: How Tech Is Securing Our Soil
A Vision. As Vikram Sarabhai, founder of India’s Space Agency, once said: “There are some who question the relevance of space activities in a developing nation. To us, there is no ambiguity of purpose. We do not have the fantasy of competing with the economically...
The Role of Soil Security in Achieving Climate, Food, and Development Goals at COP30
A decade since Paris. The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Belém, Brazil, in 2025, marks a decade since the landmark COP21 in Paris. The Paris Agreement is a global commitment...
Soil Is Not Dirt: Changing Minds Through Education
Urbanised and Unrooted: Losing Touch with Soil As urbanisation intensifies and cities become more densely populated, the disconnection between people and soil continues to grow. In many urban contexts, because of proximity and less exposure to natural landscapes, soil...
Why Soil Security Is Essential in a Time of Rapid Change
What We Think Is Safe, Might Not Be. We regularly test our food, monitor our air, and filter our water – but who is watching over the safety of our soil? Soil is often considered a passive background to human life – dependable, resilient, and always there. But that...
How Soil Security Can Prevent Future Crises
The Ground Beneath Our Feet Is Disappearing Every bite of food we eat, every drop of clean water we drink, and every breath of oxygen we take depends—often invisibly—on one of Earth’s most overlooked resources: soil. Yet across the globe, soil is being lost, degraded,...
