Infographic: The foundation of healthy soilsInfographic: The foundation of healthy soils

The marking of 2015 as the International Year of Soils has raised awareness of this resource's importance to plant, people and planet. The education has begun in a big way, but the work will continue—it must continue—in coming years.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released the below infographic that summarizes the story well as it outlines soil impact on crop nutrients, pastured-meat production and carbon management.