Co-creating knowledge for healthy soils and resilient agriculture
SOILPROOF is a participatory soil health assessment platform providing simple tools to observe and track the status of your soil without laboratory.
Was hat dein T-Shirt mit dem Boden unter deinen Füssen zu tun?
Finde es heraus und werde Teil von Soil Bodies – The Living Tapestry. Gemeinsam untersuchen wir, wie verschiedene Textilien in unterschiedlichen Böden abgebaut werden – und schaffen dabei ein einzigartiges Kunstwerk aus Wissenschaft und Mode.
Proof by underpants/ Beweisstück Unterhose was a citizen science project investigating soil health across Switzerland using buried cotton underpants together with 1000 volunteers. The project received worldwide attention and was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for soil science in 2026.
Our research
The team agroecological assessments at Agroscope performs interdisciplinary research across environmental, economic, and social sustainability dimensions for advancing a holistic understanding of agriculture and food systems and exploring pathways towards an agroecological transition.