Eclo, formerly known as “Le Champignon de Bruxelles”, is an urban farm that produces exotic mushrooms, microgreens and baby herbs. Founded in 2014, it operates today around 3,000 m2 of the Cureghem Cellars, in Brussels city center. Making it the biggest underground farm in Belgium.
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Radish, peas, sunflower, chives, coriander, … A part of our microgreens range is now certified organic! For a long time, it was impossible to certify indoor-grown microgreens because of the use of LED lamps, the production of microgreens is now eligible for the organic label thanks to a change in regulations. We explain everything in this article!
Continue readingEclo raises €4.7M to create a high-tech circular organic mushroom substrate factory.
Eclo has raised 4.7 millions euros to install a high-tech 4,200 sqm factory in Villers-le-Bouillet in the province of Liège at the beginning of 2023. This will position Eclo as a key player in the exotic mushroom industry in Europe, with an annual production of 7,000 tons of mushroom substrate from recycled organic waste by 2026. Participants in the fundraising include Noshaq, Investsud Bois, GoGreen Capital and private investors. An operational support on this funding was provided by Ubiz.
Continue readingMakdous shiitake / Surdough bread / Sunny blend
Eclo, formerly known as “Le Champignon de Bruxelles”, is an urban farm that produces exotic mushrooms, microgreens and baby herbs. Founded in 2014, it operates today around 3,000 m2 of the Cureghem Cellars, in Brussels city center. Making it the biggest underground farm in Belgium.
Continue readingApple tart / Red Shiso / Green Shiso
Eclo, formerly known as “Le Champignon de Bruxelles”, is an urban farm that produces exotic mushrooms, microgreens and baby herbs. Founded in 2014, it operates today around 3,000 m2 of the Cureghem Cellars, in Brussels city center. Making it the biggest underground farm in Belgium.
Continue readingSourdough Crackers / Miso Cream Cheese / Brussels Shiitake
For this recipe, we collaborated with port brand Cockburn and PR agency Alice Bown. They concocted a gourmet and easy-to-prepare recipe based on crackers, Brussels Shiitake and radish microgreens. All accompanied by a Fine Tawny port from Cockburn.
Continue readingBrussels Mushroom Risotto
Eclo, formerly known as “Le Champignon de Bruxelles”, is an urban farm that produces exotic mushrooms, microgreens and baby herbs. Founded in 2014, it operates today around 3,000 m2 of the Cureghem Cellars, in Brussels city center. Making it the biggest underground farm in Belgium.
Continue readingECLO inaugurates its new vertical farm in Brussels
Eclo moves its production of microgreens and baby herbs out of the Cureghem Cellars and inaugurates its brand new vertical farm on the Abattoirs of Anderlecht site. This new installation will double the production of microgreens & young herbs. In addition, production will now be entirely on cellulose fiber, a fully compostable substrate made from renewable sources.
Continue readingColruyt Group tests, together with ECLO, the reuse of its own bread waste to grow mushrooms
Colruyt Group reuses its own bread waste to grow mushrooms. For the production of this circular product, they entered into a cooperation with ECLO, formerly known as ‘Le Champignon de Bruxelles’. They have the know-how to process bread into substrate and grow different types of mushrooms on it. The test to valorise bread waste streams, driven by Colruyt Group’s food innovation team, lasted 1.5 years and is a success.
The first mushrooms, grown on Bio-Planet’s bread residual streams, will be available in the Cru markets in Overijse, Antwerp and Ghent from mid-October.
Continue readingLe Champignon de Bruxelles becomes ECLO
If you’ve been following Champignon de Bruxelles for a few years, Eclo will certainly sound familiar to you. Remember, this was our second brand, born in 2018 with a primary focus on microgreens and baby herbs. We now group all our products (mushrooms, microgreens and aromatic herbs) under this unique brand name. Let us explain everything to you !
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