'Doves and food and fun': the fight to save a farming pioneer

Wakelyns needs GBP1.2m to save its diverse organic crops and 'micro' enterprises including a bakery and honeybee hivesThe aerial view of Wakelyns matches the experience of visiting it at ground level: in a region dominated by prairie fields of industrial agriculture, here lies a vivid green lung of land. Its sounds and sights in summer - the sleepy purr of the turtle dove, the vivid pink flash of a bullfinch - have vanished from most of the British countryside.But Wakelyns is not a nature reserve - it is a thriving farm, a "living laboratory" for agroforestry and a hub for innovation and business. It is also under threat, and its owners must raise GBP1.2m to turn it into a charitable community benefit society. Continue reading...