A recent farming conference in Australia has revealed that as a result of over farming, fertile soil is being used up quicker than it can be restored.

The implications of this could be hugely damaging, with reports suggesting that by 2070 we will be suffering from a severe food crisis, not just in the UK, but across the globe.
The former chair of the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council’s Agri-Food Committee, Professor Crawford suggested a few ways we can help to avoid this crisis and replenish soil:

• plough fields as little as possible
• improve farm management
• leave fields to rest allowing soil to recover
• plant crops that can help to replace carbon in the soil