Organic Farmers Chris Grayling To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what grants are available to organic farmers from her Department. [130102]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Conversion option ||||||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Land eligible for Arable Area Payment Scheme and land in permanent crops (except top fruit orchards)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Top Fruit orchards (cherries, pears, plums and apples—other than cider apples) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Other improved land | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Unimproved grassland, rough grazing and "managed land" | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Maintenance option ||||||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Land eligible for Arable Area Payment Scheme and land in permanent crops (except top fruit orchards)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Top Fruit orchards (cherries, pears, plums and apples—other than cider apples) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Other improved land | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Unimproved grassland, rough grazing and "managed land" | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Department also provides free advice to prospective organic farmers through the Organic Information Conversion Service (OCIS) and the Department's R&D programme includes a large component dealing with research on organic farming.