Poor Quality Soil

Options for poor quality soil include the following:

Hemp:

Hemp thrives in adverse soil conditions.  Read more about the growing requirements of hemp by clicking on the above link.

Forestry:

Some varieties of trees can be grown on poor quality soils.

Ecosystems services:

The GLAS scheme currently pays farmers for Ecosystems Services.  This scheme is very popular and is always over-subscribed. Nature Rising wants farmers who have divested from animal farming to be able to keep their current CAP payments in return for Ecosystems Services.

Wind and Solar farms:

These are potentially good options for poor quality soil.

Leisure, Tourism, Retail:

100 ways to farm stock free – from ‘Farmers for Stock Free Farming’ – lists a number of alternatives for using land, including: