Bioschamp, the EU-funded Project, launched in 2020 with many different partners from the European mushroom industry, and aimed at finding a replacement for peat in casing soils, is concluded.
The objective of the Bioschamp project was to develop an integrated approach to tackle the mushroom cultivation challenges: an alternative and sustainable peat-free biostimulant casing for the mushroom industry, reducing the dependency and need for pesticides and contributing to improve the productivity, the sustainability, and the profitability of the European mushroom sector. Finding peat alternatives as casing soil component was successful: two alternative casing soils with partial peat substitution have been obtained. These alternatives were validated on commercial crops in Europe to cover the different cropping systems that can be found on the continent. The alternative casing soils are not commercially available yet. Newfoss is expected to become available for growers in 2026.
The results of the project were presented at the project’s final event in Madrid on September 5th (see picture).
Read the full article on the conclusions of the Bioschamp project in Mushroom Business 132 (September 2025).
