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Highlights from F&A Next, the yearly event where investors meet food and agri startups. Nina Kinnunen, Director Sustainability, Brand & Communications shares her key take away from the event full of interesting speeches, demonstrations by startups and visits to the WUR campus to get a sneak preview on the future of food production.

Meadows and nutrient recycling increase the diversity of the built environment above and below ground The debate around nutrient recycling in Finland often focuses heavily on the countryside and agricultural recycled fertilizers. However, the nutrients recycled in the growing media also end up back in the built environment. As more and more natural meadows or green roofs are added to cities, biodiversity will also increase.

On Sunday the 15th of May there was a fire at the bark department on the Grubbenvorst site. Factory was not working at the time of the accident and there were no people injuries. One building and some machinery were damaged. The cause of the fire is being investigated. The production can continue on the site and at the moment it seems that all customer orders can be met with minor delays, if any. Although it seems very unlikely that growing media materials were impacted, careful quality assessment will be done in any case. We wish to thank the local fire department and our safety personnel for the quick actions taken to prevent and further damage. -------------- Brand in fabriek van Kekkilä-BVB in Grubbenvorst - situatie onder controle Op zondag 15 mei jl. is er brand uitgebroken in de schorsafdeling van de fabriek in Grubbenvorst. Op het moment van het ongeval was de fabriek niet in bedrijf en zijn er geen gewonden gevallen. Een hal en enkele machines hebben schade opgelopen. De oorzaak van de brand wordt nog onderzocht. De productie kan worden voortgezet en op dit moment lijkt het erop dat alle bestellingen van klanten kunnen worden afgehandeld met een kleine vertraging, als die er al is. Alhoewel het zeer onwaarschijnlijk lijkt dat grondstoffen werden aangetast, zullen er zorgvuldige kwaliteitsbeoordelingen worden uitgevoerd. We willen graag de plaatselijke brandweer en ons veiligheidspersoneel bedanken voor de snelle acties die werden ondernomen om verdere schade te voorkomen.

The circular economy and sustainability are terms that are used by many companies repeatedly, interchangeably, and occasionally without real-life examples. With that in mind, we thought it was about time to tell the story our circular substrates in Finland, from start to finish and back again.

Natural gas is said to play such a small role in some European countries such...

Arjen van der Meer is woven into the fabric of Kekkilä-BVB Dutch operations/production and has been for more than 30 years, therefore we thought it was time to get to know him better.

The second Grow22 festival organised by Kekkilä-BVB, a leading company in horticulture, will return to address crucial current topics impacting the horticulture and growing sector. Two days of high-level keynote speeches, inspiring discussions and in-depth sessions with industry leaders, policy makers and green industry representatives will help us build an understanding of the complexities of our mission to create a more sustainable future for our industry.

Personal mission: “Zero hunger in a beautiful world!” Marck sees the great potential in sustainable...

Folkert Moll is the Sustainability Manager of Kekkilä-BVB and he makes sure that our sustainability...

Marco Zevenhoven has 34 years of working experience at RHP, the knowledge centre for substrates....