'Enormously exciting': farm to create biggest natural grassland in southern England

Lower Pertwood in Wiltshire aims to restore declining plants, insects and endangered species The rolling hills south of Salisbury Plain are a bleak scene of vast arable fields and tightly grazed pasture dotted with scores of sheep.In recent decades, Lower Pertwood farm has embraced organic growing, producing oats, barley and other crops, while boosting numbers of rare corn buntings and other wildlife with wildflower banks and newly planted trees. Continue reading...