The Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund

Through the Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund, £10 million in grant funding is available to support projects on lowland peat soils.

Funding is available across 2 priority areas:

• developing markets and supply chains for wetland crops used in industrial products
• testing food production systems that work with higher water tables

The fund will support projects that:

• develop supply chains and markets for the wetland crops Typha, Phragmites and Sphagnum
• develop practical growing systems, suitable machinery and processing methods
• strengthen the commercial case for farming food crops on wetter peat soils

This can help you:

developing markets and supply chains for wetland crops used in industrial products
testing food production systems that work with higher water tables
The fund will support projects that:
develop supply chains and markets for the wetland crops Typha, Phragmites and Sphagnum
develop practical growing systems, suitable machinery and processing methods
strengthen the commercial case for farming food crops on wetter peat soils

The fund is open now and closes at 5pm on 21 August 2026.