Healthy soil — rich in a diverse array of nutrients and minerals — better sequesters carbon dioxide, helps reduce the impact of flooding and produces better, more nutrient-rich crops.
Unhealthy soil can’t hold onto compounds nearly as well as its healthier counterpart, meaning heavy rain or flooding results in runoff, taking minerals, nutrients, compounds, sequestered carbon dioxide and pesticides with it.
The trouble is that as much as 70% of the soil across the European Union is considered to be unhealthy.