World Soil Day Breakfast at Parliament House

Meryl Swanson MP and The Hon Michael McCormack MP presenting the 2023 World Soils Day Breakfast (image supplied)

By CEO + Managing Director, Carolyn Hall

The Mulloon Institute was happy to be an industry supporter of the World Soil Day breakfast at Parliament House: Soil and Water: a source of life.

Senator the Hon Murray Watt announced Australia’s first National Soil Action Plan. Key focus areas of Measure, Strategy, Adoption and Workforce. We are ready to help drive adoption of landscape rehydration at the catchment scale an approach we know can contribute to soil health. 

Mulloon had a lovely shout-out from Meryl Swanson, Member for Patterson and co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Soil and chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture.

It was great to hear Eli Court, CEO at Soils for Life singing the praises of landscape rehydration at Martin Royd’s property, Jillamatong.

Soil and Water: a source of life.

Always great to attend an event with my fellow Mulloon Board Director, Kathy Kelly.

Carolyn Hall, left, with Thankful 4 Farmers’ COO, Mike Chuter. (image supplied)

The Parliamentary Friends of Soil group’s purpose is to bring together a non-partisan forum for parliamentarians to interact with land managers, farmers, scientists, industry groups and policy makers on issues relating to health and maintenance of Australia’s soils.

DID YOU KNOW 

  • World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 December.

  • 95% of our food comes from soils.

  • One cubic metre of healthy soil can retain over 250 litres of water.

  • Healthy soil plays a crucial role as a natural filter, purifying and storing water as it infiltrates into the ground.

(image supplied)

Cass Moore