Wakelyns is a national treasure
In this short video from Outhouse Films, Chris Packham, Josiah Meldrum, Sheila Das, Lucy MacLennan and others talk about why you should support Wakelyns.
How to build resilience
Short film from Ben Templeton about Wakleyns, much of it filmed at the 2025 Afroforestry Open Weekend
Agroforestry Research and the REFOREST Project
Tom Staton of Reading University and Will Simonson of the ORC review the latest findings from the REFOREST project in this Pasture for Life webinar
Diversifying our approach to cereal breeding with plant populations
This Research webinar gives an overview of current research on plant populations, what this approach can offer, what we still need to understand and how we might get policymakers to support wider use of such genetically diverse cereals.
Wakelyns: Evolve the Agroforestry trial site through short food chains & enterprise stacking – Groundswell Agriculture
David Wolfe speaking at Groundswell in 2022 on the evolution of Wakelyns since the passing of Ann and Martin Wolfe
Wakelyns Organic Agroforestry: Two Year Update: Short Food Chains and Stacking Enterprises
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022 discussion with Josiah Meldrum, David Wolfe, Amanda Wolfe, Henrietta Inman, Maisie Dyvig, Holly Gregson, Rachel Perry, Chloe Tatum
The story of Wakelyns Agroforestry
Martin describes how Wakelyns Farm was established, reflects on how his understanding has changed over the years and shares his plans for the future
Agroforestry: Wakelyns Farm Martin Wolfe Part 1 of 3 Designed to research & demonstrate Agroforestry
Extra audio material from Maja Lindström Kling interview with Martin Wolfe – the story of Wakelyns Farm
Agroforestry in UK & Sweden – Wakelyns, Martin Crawford etc – “Life within planetary boundaries”
Wakelyns features in this video from Maja Lindström Kling alongside other agroforestry pioneers in the UK and Sweden
Wheat Populations at Wakelyns Agroforestry Farm
In this short video, Prof. Martin Wolfe discusses using multiple varieties of wheat (modern & traditional) in the same crop and the outcomes.
An introduction to AFINET (UK) project
Dr. Jo Smith, Principal Agroecological Researcher at the Organic Research Centre, explains the background to the AFINET (UK) Project and how it seeks to contribute to agroforestry innovation in the UK.
Launch of ORC Wakelyns Population
This video is from National Organic Combinable Crops (NOCC15) at Shimpling Park Farms 7th July 2015, when ORC launched its new wheat ‘variety’ ORC Wakelyns Population.
The Organic Research Centre has pioneered an evolutionary breeding programme to produce a hugely diverse population of wheat suited to organic and low-input farming systems. This year, for the first time, ORC is marketing it as ORC Wakelyns Population.
Hedge coppicing machinery trials
Hedgerow harvesting machinery trials at Wakelyns as part of the EU funded project TWECOM ‘Towards Eco-Energetic Communities’ project
The Evolution of Wakelyns Agroforestry
Martin Wolfe opening Wakelyns Research building 2006