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World Soil Day 2025

Saluti da Roma! 🇮🇹 As part of this year’s World Soil Day celebration, our team got to visit the headquarters of the Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA). There, we discussed the future of #soil among fellow scientists, researchers, and stakeholders. Amid the topics mentioned throughout the event, there was the importance of […]

Sampling process documentation

In November, our partners at the University of Extremadura gathered a group of students eager to help us with an important task. Their job was to not only take valid samples using the #ECHOsoilkit, but also document the process in minute detail for future analysis. So, stopwatches and cameras in hand, they got to work! […]

ECHO at the Farmers and Agribusiness Forum

The 10th Farmers and Agribusiness Forum, one of the most important events for the agricultural sector in Poland, has just wrapped up in Poznań. Organized by AgroHorti Media, one of our ECHO Partners, the Forum hosted seven sessions, each dedicated to a different topic, giving all attendees a chance to discuss the future of the […]

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 […]