The Soil Association, UK

www.soilassociation.org/

The Soil Association was founded in 1946 by a group of farmers, scientists and nutritionists who observed a direct connection between farming practice and plant, animal, human and environmental health.

Today, we are the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for healthy, humane and sustainable food, farming and land use. We have over 150 staff based in Bristol and Edinburgh and working as certification inspectors across the country. The Soil Association’s Chief Executive is Helen Browning, who reports to the Council of Trustees.

You might expect something so vital to be organised and supported by the government. But in fact the Soil Association is a charity, reliant on donations and on the support of its members and the public to carry out its work.

Our work

You can learn more about our work through What we do and more about organic principles through What is organic? You can support our work by becoming a member of the Soil Association or by giving a donation.

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