Sustainable growing

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At ROCKWOOL Group, we’re committed to all aspects of circularity – and this includes rethinking how we use resources every day. The global food production system is under pressure, and the need to find more sustainable ways of feeding a growing and more urbanised population is becoming urgent. Our Grodan hydroponic products address this concern and enable food production in urban settings using fewer natural resources.

If you want to know more about how our Grodan products are helping grow food in a more sustainable way, why not check out our Sustainability Report!

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Growing food sustainably and efficiently

By 2050, the earth’s population is predicted to be 9 billion – and 80 percent of all food will be consumed in cities. This growing urban population will need access to healthy and nutritious food. On top of that, it is estimated that we will need to produce double the amount of food with half the resources of today – leaving us with one of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Water, fertilisers, land and energy are all crucial resources for food production. Less than one percent of the earth’s fresh water is easily available and suitable for human use – and 70 percent of that water is used for irrigation in agriculture. Reserves of fertilisers that are necessary for traditional food production are running out. Continuous and increasing demand on land resources has negatively impacted the quality of land available for food production.

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Flexible food production with Grodan

In places where agricultural land is scarce, new and innovative forms of food production hold the key to feeding city dwelling populations. Grodan hydroponics can be sited anywhere, including in urban areas that would otherwise be completely unsuitable for traditional soil-based production.

Professional growers use Grodan to produce fresh vegetables in a highly efficient way, using less water, fertiliser, and pesticides than soil-based solutions. Food produced on Grodan growing media uses 50 percent less water, while achieving 75 percent more yield – and it requires far less land, meaning it can be produced locally, reducing transportation.

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Case studies

Want to see our growing media solutions in action? Check out the case studies below and find out how growers are increasing yields whilst reducing their environmental footprint!

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France

Strawberry Fields

Frédéric Garcia is the third generation in his family to make a living growing high-quality produce, but the first to embrace soilless, high-tech farming techniques—and with mouth-watering results.

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Grodan, greenhouse, grower, strawberries, GroSens, customer, Frédéric Garcia
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Poland

Kazmierczak family

Prolific and award-winning Polish tomato growers, the Kazmierczak family adopted our Growing Media solutions several years ago and haven’t looked back since

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Kazmierczak Family, Water Properties, tomatoes
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