GroundTruth Resources
About GroundTruth
GroundTruth was a citizen science initiative, designed to improve soil literacy and raise public awareness of soil health. It empowered students, teachers, farmers, and local communities to assess and safeguard their soils by providing accessible tools, knowledge, and data collection opportunities.
Read the GroundTruth Impact Case Study
What the project involved
Using simple, guided methods, assess the health of the soil in your farm, garden, school, or park by doing four easy tests, each of which provide information on a different aspect of soil health:
- An Earthworm count
- A soil structure assessment known as VESS (Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure)
- A flower insect timed (FIT) count
- An underwear degradation test
GroundTruth was co-funded by Research Ireland and the Dept of Education. The organisations involved in the project are Teagasc, VistaMilk, National biodiversity data centre and Airfield estate.
For more information contact groundtruth@teagasc.ie