Workshop certification for small-scale growers

Tuesday 20 May 2025

How can small-scale growers certify their sustainability efforts without getting lost in paperwork? Royal FloraHolland offers these growers a helping hand with a series of interactive workshops, from 15 May to 19 June. These workshops, both in-person and online, are designed to guide growers through the small-scale grower scheme.

The small-scale grower scheme has been specially developed for growers with a limited business size. The scheme offers a simplified certificate that includes both environmental performance (environmental pillar) and good agricultural practices (GAP pillar).

For the GAP pillar: the grower registers and inputs the required topics themselves. The goal? A workable but serious certification route that does justice to the efforts of smaller growers.

What can you expect from the workshops?

The workshops are designed as practical support and include:

- Explanation using sample documents
- Room for questions about filling in documents and the certification process
- A clear checklist, especially useful for the GAP section

These sessions help growers prepare step by step for an external audit for MPS-Compact or FloriCompact.

Preparation: what is expected of participants?

Participants are asked to prepare in advance:

- Read up on the small-scale grower scheme
- Go through the step-by-step plan for small-scale growers
- Register with FSI to use the scheme

Fill in the sample documents and checklist and bring them to the workshop

Small-scale growers can register here for the workshop. Questions in advance can be sent to: sustainability@royalfloraholland.com.

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