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Growing media: Towards an EU policy framework fit for purpose

Growing media: Towards an EU policy framework fit for purpose

by Richard Freeman | Jun 5, 2026 | News, Policymakers, Publications

Overview and purpose: The Brussels Policy Scoping Workshop of the 3rd of March 2026 was organised by the SPINFERT and Hort2thefuture Horizon Europe projects funded under the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’. It brought together EU policymakers, industry stakeholders,...
The challenge of defining “sustainable growing media”: Why the term is used incorrectly and what needs to be done about it

The challenge of defining “sustainable growing media”: Why the term is used incorrectly and what needs to be done about it

by Richard Freeman | May 23, 2026 | Academia, Industry, News, Policymakers, Publications

Abstract: The term “sustainable growing media” is widely used in horticultural research, policy, and industry, yet its meaning remains ambiguous, inconsistently applied, and often unsupported by evidence, undermining the very decisions it is meant to guide. Materials...
Hort2theFuture Annual Consortium Meeting: Looking towards the future of sustainable horticulture

Hort2theFuture Annual Consortium Meeting: Looking towards the future of sustainable horticulture

by Anamarija Tomičić | Oct 20, 2025 | News, Policymakers

The Hort2theFuture consortium gathered at Corvinus University in Budapest this September for its annual meeting, bringing together 28 project partners from 12 European countries. Over two productive days, the consortium reviewed the strong progress made in the first...

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101157434.

The project is funded by the European Union and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee, and with the support provided by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the 2020-2.1.1-ED funding Project no. 2020-2.1.1-ED-2024-00345).

Project coordinator:
Milena Micevski (CBS)
mmic.marktg@cbs.dk

Communications:
Richard Freeman (AEIDL)
richard.freeman@aeidl.eu

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