# Insights — Blog

> Notes from the field: soil science, plant propagation and results from KUZOG's two ventures — Hydrobio soil regeneration and Microplantes micropropagation.

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## Articles

- 2026-07-08 · [Microplantes opens talks on a Val-d’Oise production site](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/val-doise-production-project/) — Early-stage discussions with local actors around a Val-d’Oise production site the project would grow to more than 100 people. Nothing is signed yet.
- 2026-06-16 · [Hydrobio's pilot moves to AgroParisTech FarmInnLab](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/agroparistech-farminnlab/) — Hydrobio's pilot programme is hosted at AgroParisTech's FarmInnLab. Batch consistency, fungal viability and on-site formulation are what a bench cannot test.
- 2026-05-21 · [Rotary Club de Paris names Hydrobio Startup of the Year](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/rotary-club-paris-startup-of-the-year-2026/) — The Rotary Club de Paris has named Hydrobio its Startup of the Year 2026, citing the soil amendment’s technical novelty and impact potential.
- 2026-05-06 · [KUZOG is granted Jeune Entreprise Innovante status](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/jeune-entreprise-innovante-status/) — France's Jeune Entreprise Innovante status is not an award. It is an accounting test on R&D spend, checked by the state. Here is what KUZOG had to prove.
- 2026-04-28 · [Virus-free and true-to-type: what the claim guarantees](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/virus-free-true-to-type/) — Virus-free and true-to-type are testable claims. Here is what meristem culture, thermotherapy, viral indexing and lot traceability each rule out.
- 2026-03-10 · [Spreading Hydrobio: on-site formulation and field application](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/on-site-formulation-and-application/) — Spreading, timing and dose for Hydrobio — and why a living amendment is formulated on the farm rather than in a factory. What changes in your itinerary.
- 2026-02-16 · [KUZOG backed by the Fonds Parisien pour l’Innovation](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/fonds-parisien-pour-innovation/) — KUZOG has been awarded a €30,000 grant by the Fonds Parisien pour l’Innovation, the seed-stage innovation fund run by the Ville de Paris with Bpifrance.
- 2026-02-11 · [How Hydrobio works: minerals that carry living biology](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/how-hydrobio-works/) — How a micronised clay matrix and a living mycorrhizal consortium act on water retention, cation exchange and root colonisation — and why both are needed.
- 2026-01-21 · [Why France needs its own micropropagation capacity](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/why-france-needs-micropropagation/) — France imports 25 to 30 million strawberry plants a year. Micropropagation is how a country rebuilds its own clean planting stock — and why it matters.
- 2025-12-11 · [KUZOG named an Open Carca 2025 laureate](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/open-carca-2025-laureate/) — Carcassonne Agglo has named KUZOG a laureate of Open Carca 2025 for Hydrobio, a soil amendment built for regions living with water restrictions.
- 2025-11-19 · [KUZOG enters the Paris&Co incubator](https://www.kuzog.com/blog/paris-and-co-incubation/) — KUZOG joins Paris&Co, the innovation agency of the City of Paris. Why an agricultural company incubates in the capital rather than the countryside.

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