From raw materials to early results
How PEATLESS explores growing media with less peat
Join our webinar to discover how PEATLESS identifies and evaluates promising alternative raw materials and learn about the project’s preliminary productivity results and next steps.
14 October 2026
11:00 – 12:00 AM
Online
60 minutes
In Spanish
Register down below!
What will you learn?
The peat reduction challenge
Why reducing peat in growing media remains a practical and technical challenge
Selecting alternatives
How PEATLESS identifies and evaluates promising alternative raw materials
Early findings
Preliminary productivity results and key lessons from the project so far
Agenda
01 — Welcome & PEATLESS introduction
02 — The challenge of reducing peat
03 — Selecting alternative raw materials
04 — Promising materials studied by PEATLESS
05 — First productivity results
06 — Q&A and closing
Speaker
EMILIO RASCÓN
R&D Project Technician at CTICH
Emilio Rascón Pérez is an R&D technician at CTICH, coordinator of the PEATLESS project. His expertise in applied research, circular economy, and agricultural by-products supports the project’s work to identify alternatives that reduce peat use.
