Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – "Sixty-five percent of European soils are degraded. In Italy, we're no better off: 47% are in the same condition, and the presence of organic carbon, a vital source that allows the land to regenerate and guarantees 95% of the food we eat, comes from the soil. If we don't increase the organic matter present in the soil, soon we'll have increasingly poorer food supplies."
Debora Fino, president of the Re Soil Foundation, spoke to Adnkronos live from Ecomondo, the green, blue, and circular economy event, held at the Rimini Fair until November 6.
Correct agronomic practices are therefore important in this area. "At Re Soil," he explains, "we work with a series of farms, the so-called Lighthouse Farms, which daily experiment with good soil practices, crop rotation, and environmentally friendly fertilizers.
They are a 'beacon,' always open, where farmers and businesses can come and see with their own eyes that it's possible. They are the proof that modern, precision agriculture, respectful of the environment and people, is possible. Because at the end of the day, if the products we eat, the products we feed on, come from healthy soil, we will be healthy too.
Regarding the circular bioeconomy applied to agriculture and soil conservation, Fino says: "There's a shocking statistic that the average person throws away 400 kilos of food. The strategy is to combine aspects of food waste with a circular bioeconomy perspective, returning the nutrients it has depleted to the soil, thus producing healthier products."
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