Alternative land use
Alternative land use
- 2001
- Farm Development Review 15(2) December 2000, (8) LOAN .
Looks at the grounds and gardens maintenance business, focusing on the Countrywide Group, which began franchising the maintenance of ground for companies and public bodies in 1986. Also discusses toll rides on farm land, currently confined to a just a few areas in the UK. Finally, looks at the alternative crop miscanthus, suggesting that despite its high establishment costs, it is worth consideration by farmers in the South of England.
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
GARDENS
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND REFURBISHMENT
ALTERNATIVE CROPS
TOLL RIDES
MISCANTHUS
Looks at the grounds and gardens maintenance business, focusing on the Countrywide Group, which began franchising the maintenance of ground for companies and public bodies in 1986. Also discusses toll rides on farm land, currently confined to a just a few areas in the UK. Finally, looks at the alternative crop miscanthus, suggesting that despite its high establishment costs, it is worth consideration by farmers in the South of England.
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
GARDENS
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND REFURBISHMENT
ALTERNATIVE CROPS
TOLL RIDES
MISCANTHUS