Yes they can ...

.. that's, Can wildlife and modern farming co-exits?  Peter Thompson gave the answer as a resounding 'yes' - given the four Ps - Payments, People, Planning and Passion.  And it's happening right here on our doorstep, with farming 'clusters' which are turning away from 

ploughing on bare earth to a range of conservations measures that not only benefit farmers with increased yields, but are massively beneficial to wildlife.  

Meanwhile, try the earthworm challenge that Peter issued: take a shovel-full of soil from your own garden and see how many earthworms there are in it.  If you've got 16, you're Doing Your Bit!

Go to Talks/whatyoumissed for the full story, and links to the organisations spearheading green revolution.