‘We found 23,000 worms!’ The soil project bringing life back to the land
Jo Caird
created: Oct. 22, 2025, 3 p.m. | updated: Nov. 3, 2025, 6:09 a.m.
One farming community is pioneering a soil health project to show how organic regenerative agriculture can restore this vital ecosystemBeneath our feet lies one of the most complex ecosystems on Earth.
Soil health, and its associated benefits, has long been something of an obsession at Yeo Valley Organic.
It also analysed the soil’s structure and counted the number of worms, a key indicator of soil health.
The brand is now rolling out soil testing across all of its suppliers, with repeat sampling taken at five-yearly-intervals.
Everywhere they go, they spread this life, and it’s the same life that’s in the soil.”The brand is now rolling out soil testing across all of its suppliers, with repeat sampling taken at five-yearly-intervals
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