About
At ZivaGarden, we work on enhancing soil health as a foundation for healthy plants, animals, people, and the environment. Through collaboration with research institutions, farmers, professional gardeners, and policymakers, we analyze the soil food web, produce high-quality compost for growth trials from lab to field, and conduct compostability assessments. Our work also contributes to developing new standards and scaling up the benefits of healthy soils across agriculture, the environment, and industry. A key focus is closing the loop of the circular bioeconomy, with healthy soils as both the starting point and ultimate goal.
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
1 Additional activities for the European  Biodiversity Partnership: Biodiversa+2 Strengthening the capacity of citizen science in  biodiversity observation4 Large-scale in situ biodiversity observations for  better understanding of biodiversity state, drivers of its decline and impacts of policies8 Strengthening pathways to alternative socioeconomic models for continuous improvement of biodiversity9 Understanding the perceptions of and improving  communication on the biodiversity crisis and nature restoration benefits to sustain citizen  engagement and democratic governance10 Supporting the implementation of nature  restoration measures for sustainable farming systems11  Living labs and lighthouses co-creating  innovative solutions for forests and freshwater ecosystems restoration
Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary  production to consumption
1 Additional activities for the European  partnership on accelerating farming systems transition - agroecology living labs and  research infrastructures3 Overcoming the barriers for scaling up  circular water management in agriculture5 Developing innovative phytosanitary  measures for plant health - focus on systems approach for pest risk management6 Improving grassland management in  European livestock farming systems8 Exploring the potential of controlled  environment agriculture (CEA)9 Strengthening the EU crop breeding  research and innovation ecosystem for competitive, resilient, and sustainable agriculture
Land, ocean and water for climate action
4 Monitoring, reporting, verification and  mitigation of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions and related air pollutants from  agriculture5 Additional activities for the European  Partnership Water Security for the Planet (Water4All)