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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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ECLO 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.

Colruyt 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.

Le 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 !