Mission Soil Week 2025

This year, we got together in Aarhus, Denmark to discuss ways of improving the overall condition of European soils, with a special focus on funding and financing our initiatives 💰 Thanks to Céline Laurent, ECHO was part of the project trail session. Let us know if you were there, and if you had a chance […]

Team ECHO, assemble!

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of getting together for our General Assembly in Dundee, Scotland. As an international team, usually sprinkled all around Europe, we really enjoyed working together in the same space for a change! 🤝 We discussed our progress when it comes to our project’s main goals, and confirmed we’re on the right track! […]

ECHO on Flower meadows

Thank you to „Blumenwiesen” (The Flower meadows) Project for inviting us to take part in this inspiring and insightful event! During the conference, several initiatives supporting biodiversity in South Tyrol were presented. Prof. Tanja Mimmo from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano introduced the #echosoilproject and other fascinating research projects focused on soil quality — including […]

ECHO on AgroShow

We couldn’t miss such an event! Agro Show Bednary in Poland is the perfect place to meet ECHO ambassadors, partners, and participants. It is the largest outdoor agricultural exhibition in Europe, attracting nearly 80,000 visitors each year. As we do across Europe, we collect soil samples in Poland and provide data on their condition, creating […]

Case in point

Summer is officially here, and our project is also warming up! In June, we organised a series of activities with the participation of the end users of ECHO soil data. Before this happened, each ECHO partner taking part in this endeavour identified a target group and a case, which is particularly important for their region. […]

Ambassadors in action

Let’s check in with Marzena Brodowska – one of our educators from Poland On June 3rd, she met with representatives of the newest generation of soil enthusiasts: students from the Agricultural Education Center School Complex in Sandomierz-Mokoszyn. She introduced them to ECHO and, of course, took part in some fieldwork. In addition to familiarizing themselves […]

Growing together

Last Friday, Team ECHO had the pleasure of introducing our project at the SPIN-FERT General Assembly. The SPIN-FERT project is, like ECHO, a soil-oriented collaboration between partners from all over Europe. It aims to promote eco-friendly farming by reusing agricultural by-products as fertilisers, with the use of the latest technology, like automated image analysis, AI-powered […]

On set with ECHO!

If you enjoyed our last post, which gave you a sneak peak into the work behind assembling ECHO soil kits, here’s another behind-the-scenes look into our activities! This time, our team in Italy was visited by a professional TV crew, eager to share our project with their audience. Our Partners at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano […]

Brokerage Extremadura 2025

Brokerage Extremadura 2025 is a unique European event focused on fostering research and innovation collaborations to address new European challenges. It brings together research institutions, companies, public entities, and other stakeholders from across Europe to showcase regional research expertise, explore future R&D trends, and facilitate networking and partnership building for Horizon Europe projects. Its primary […]

ECHO at the 2nd NATIONAL CONFERENCE Citizen Science in Italia

In April, Citizen Science Month, we turn our attention and appreciation towards thousands of citizen scientists. It is their commitment that makes our projects possible. Thanks to the ECHO Ambassadors we are building the community of citizen scientists at ECHO. We celebrated people-powered science with one of our leaders – Riccardo Borgia from University of […]