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Food grain production can increase by 1.3% every year, if Carbon in soil is increased by just 0.4% (Soil and Tillage Research, 2019) #SaveSoil savesoil.org

In a single gram of healthy soil one can find 100 million to 1 billion bacteria and 100,000 to 1 million fungi, which support the plant’s growth and health. (UN environment, 2019) #SaveSoil savesoil.org

An increase of 1% of organic matter in the top six inches of soil holds approximately an additional 20,000 gallons of water per acre. (USDA NRCS, 2016) #SaveSoil savesoil.org

12 million hectares of topsoil are lost every year across the world. That's almost the size of the entire nation of Greece. (FAO, 2015) #SaveSoil savesoil.org

All of the world's topsoil could be gone within 60 years, according to UN FAO (Scientific American, 2014) #SaveSoil savesoil.org

52% of agricultural soils are already degraded. (ELD Initiative, 2015) #SaveSoil savesoil.org

Soil degradation negatively impacts 3.2 billion people around the world. (UNCCD, 2019) #SaveSoil savesoil.org

A teaspoon of healthy soil contains 10,000- 50,000 microbe species. (Timling, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2016) #SaveSoil savesoil.org