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Growing Media Environmental Footprint Guideline V2.0 Update - Open Consultation

At the end of 2023 Growing Media Europe and Blonk Consultants commenced a project with Blonk to update the Growing Media Environmental...

Wet feet, green thumb: unexpected synergy between peatland rewetting and the growing media industry

As a collaborative result of discussions among experts in peatland rewetting and growing media representatives, initiated by GME in...

GME launches interactive LCA tool

P R E S S R E L E A S E Brussels,29 March 2023 Growing Media Europe (GME) Launches Innovative LCA Tool to Help Horticultural Companies...

Growing Media Europe shows importance of growing media in reaching EU nature restoration targets

Growing media are essential for reaching the EU Nature Restoration Targets! That was the outcome of a discussion last week in the...

Growing Media Europe (GME) elects new Chair of the Board

GME Board Member and Treasurer Thanja van Dongen was appointed interim Chair of the Board during a Board meeting on 22 February 2022....

GME publishes LCA guideline for growing media

First sector-wide methodology for environmental footprint calculation After more than two years of intense work, Growing Media Europe...

GME and CSPMA sign Memorandum of Agreement

During a bilateral meeting in Brussels, the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association (CSPMA) and Growing Media Europe (GME) signed a...

Growing Media Europe welcomes 2021 with a new member

Growing Media Europe (GME) kicks off 2021 welcoming a new member. GME is pleased to announce that the Dutch company van der Knaap has...

International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021

Growing Media Europe wishes a healthy 2021 - the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. The FAO has just launched the International...

Mr. Tomi Koivula as new GME representative on the RPP Board

RPP is a certification system for the responsible use, management and restoration of peatlands in Europe. GME strongly supports RPP and...

Growing Media Europe welcomes two new members

Growing Media Europe (GME) keeps growing strongly with two new members having joined the association in November 2020. We are pleased to...

GME draft Guidelines for LCA calculations open consultation

Check out our GME draft Guidelines for LCA calculations, now available for public consultation, another big step into our sustainability...