Medicinal cannabis growers at the country's largest farm of its kind say they have found success after switching production from tomato plants to the crop.
British Sugar began growing cannabis for US pharmaceutical giants GW Pharmaceuticals in 2016, to be used in drugs to help patients diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy.
The 18-hectare glasshouse at the Wissington factory houses a non-psychoactive variety of the plant, which can be grown successfully thanks to recycled carbon dioxide wasted in British Sugar's sugar beet operations, as well as a number of other factors.
Colm McKay, agriculture director for British Sugar, said: "Any grower, be it a farmer or horticulturalist, is always reviewing what crops they should grow.