British registered charity promoting organic farming methods
This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources.(December 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Soil Association
Founded
1946
Founder
Lady Eve Balfour
Jorian Jenks
Friend Sykes
Type
Charity, lobby association
Legal status
Registered charity 206862 (England and Wales)[1]
Charity SC039168 (Scotland)[2]
Focus
Organic movement
Location
Spear House, 51 Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6AD
Area served
United Kingdom
Method
Campaigning and certification
Key people
Martin Nye, chair of trustees
Helen Browning, chief executive
Website
soilassociation.org
The Soil Association is a British registered charity, working to transform the way Britain eats, farms and cares for the natural world.[3] It was established in 1946.[4] Their activities include campaigning for local purchasing, public education on nutrition and certification of organic foods, and against intensive farming.[5]
^Cite error: The named reference cc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference sc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^‘’Official website’’
^Cite error: The named reference cc2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Our history". Soil Association. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
The SoilAssociation is a British registered charity, working to transform the way Britain eats, farms and cares for the natural world. It was established...
Shoobridge, president of the Living SoilAssociation of Tasmania, the first organisation to affiliate with the SoilAssociation. She moved to the Suffolk coast...
The Living SoilAssociation of Tasmania (1946–1960) was founded in Hobart, Tasmania on 30 August 1946. It was one of the world's first advocacy groups...
state-level professional soil science associations in the United States. There is a US Consortium of Soil Science Associations that strives to increase...
Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical...
particular needs. The Soil Units (106) were mapped as SoilAssociations, designated by the dominant soil unit: with soil phases (soil properties, such as...
Soil pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a soil. Soil pH is a key characteristic that can be used to make informative analysis both...
Wales). He is a longstanding donor to the SoilAssociation. In 2007, he was a participant at the SoilAssociation Annual Conference, during which he competed...
certified by the SoilAssociation as organic were sprayed with a copper pesticide to control potato blight. According to the SoilAssociation, the total copper...
designed so that the amount of copper in the soil does not exceed the limits specified in the SoilAssociation standards for heavy metals. [1] Shane, Bill;...
Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Soil life, soil biota, soil fauna, or edaphon is a collective term that...
Soil microbiology is the study of microorganisms in soil, their functions, and how they affect soil properties. It is believed that between two and four...
Soil conservation is the prevention of loss of the topmost layer of the soil from erosion or prevention of reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification...
Soil classification deals with the systematic categorization of soils based on distinguishing characteristics as well as criteria that dictate choices...
Mycorrhizae play important roles in plant nutrition, soil biology, and soil chemistry. In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's root...
depending on their sources and treatment of manure. For instance, by SoilAssociation Standard 4.7.38, most organic arable farmers either have their own...
retirement in 2015. In 2021, Blue Diamond began a partnership with The SoilAssociation, a charity spreading awareness of the importance of sustainable food...
Soil erosion is the denudation or wearing away of the upper layer of soil. It is a form of soil degradation. This natural process is caused by the dynamic...
A soil horizon is a layer parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical and biological characteristics differ from the layers above and beneath...
The AASHTO Soil Classification System was developed by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and is used as a guide for...
care, living conditions, handling/processing, and recordkeeping. The SoilAssociation standards used to certify organic flocks in the UK, indicate a maximum...
often praised. She is a longstanding event organiser and donor of the SoilAssociation, for which she also served as a spokesperson during its Organic Fortnight...
2009. Retrieved 19 June 2010. SoilAssociation: What is Organic?. Retrieved 19 June 2010. SoilAssociation: SoilAssociation response to the Food Standards...
like-minded agrarian thinkers. Lady Eve Balfour, a founder of the SoilAssociation, supported Mosley's proposals to abolish Church of England tithes on...
Soil formation, also known as pedogenesis, is the process of soil genesis as regulated by the effects of place, environment, and history. Biogeochemical...
October 2011. Holdstock, Lee. "Why go organic?". Real Bread Campaign. SoilAssociation Certification Limited. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022...
Global Information
