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- identifying the need
- accepting the responsibility to meet it
- identifying how you will provide the care
- assessing how well you have provided the care
- minimal disturbance
- continuous soil cover
- integration of organic matter
- diverse crop rotation
We need an urban soil care movement - especially in order to deliver on our ambitions for @LondonNPC
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- the need for shared composting facilities
- new approaches to the collection and use of organic waste fractions in the city
- reviewing the use of pesticides in the urban environment
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- setting up ‘community soil clinics’ for sharing information / soil testing
- working with #localgov and businesses to divert organic resources / nutrients to growers
- building community awareness / action on soils eg use of pesticides
urbanisinginplace.org
sharedassets.org.uk/policy/cities-…