Learning objectives

This topic is about soil services grouped under the term "provision". Explore how soils provide food, feed, furniture, and more. Do you have any idea how soils are connected to architecture?

After completing this Topic, you will be able to:

• Explain how soils underpin provision functions across food, fibre, and material supply chains.
• Identify soil-dependent origins of common items in daily life and describe their basic supply chains.
• Give examples of soil-derived materials used in construction throughout history.
• Describe why soil-based materials have been widely used in construction and why they are gaining renewed interest today.