Liz Truss: Solar farms in rural areas 'make the heart sink'

Liz Truss, the Environment Secretary, tells The Telegraph that solar farms are putting Britain's "beautiful" rural landscape at risk

She told The Telegraph: “English farmland is some of the best in the world and I want to see it dedicated to growing quality food and crops. 

“I do not want to see its productive potential wasted and its appearance blighted by solar farms. Farming is what our farms are for and it is what keeps our landscape beautiful.

“I am committed to food production in this country and it makes my heart sink to see row upon row of solar panels where once there was a field of wheat or grassland for livestock to graze.

“That is why I am scrapping farming subsidies for solar fields. Solar panels are best placed on the 250,000 hectares of south-facing commercial rooftops where they will not compromise the success of our agricultural industry.”

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