Cycle en Terre
- Type
- Agricultural Input Producer
- Location
- Courrière, Belgium
- Industries
- Crop / plant science, Direct to consumer
- Domains
- Vegetables, Plant based primary products, Fruit
About Cycle en Terre
Cycle en Terre is a Belgian seed company founded in 2014 and based in Assesse/Courrière. It focuses on organic, reproducible seeds for gardeners, market gardeners, and professionals, with an emphasis on varieties adapted to local terroir and climate.
The company presents itself as an artisan seed producer and distributor that helps people grow their own vegetables, whether in a garden, on a balcony, or through local market gardeners. Its positioning combines food autonomy, taste, biodiversity, and practical support for both amateur and professional customers.
Core Values
- Food autonomy: The company promotes the idea that people should be able to grow at least some of their own food and reconnect with local, seasonal production.
- Local adaptation: Cycle en Terre emphasizes seeds produced locally and adapted to the soil and climate of the region, with the goal of better resilience and suitability.
- Taste and quality: Its assortment is selected for gustatory quality, with a strong focus on flavorful vegetables and varieties worth rediscovering.
- Biodiversity: The company highlights old, local, and sometimes forgotten varieties, as well as flowers and green manures that support pollinators and soil health.
- Transparency: For each lot, the company states that it communicates germination rate rather than harvest year or expiry date, presenting this as a more useful and honest indicator for customers.
Unique Aspects
- Organic certification: Cycle en Terre is certified organic under BE-BIO-03, and its certificate covers distribution/placing on the market of organic seeds for both B2B and B2C.
- Reproducible seeds: The company specifically focuses on reproducible seeds, encouraging growers to save and re-sow seed from adapted varieties.
- Strong reseller network: The company states that more than 200 resellers already offer its seeds, showing a notable retail footprint.
- Personalized sachets: It offers custom-printed seed packets with minimum orders of 50, making seeds usable as branded gifts or event giveaways.
- Local artisan positioning: Cycle en Terre explicitly frames itself around artisan seed work and locally produced seed, rather than anonymous mass-market supply.