Farmer turns from sowing to healing

Farmer turns from sowing to healing

Adam Lee is a farmer turned alternative therapist

A Bedfordshire farmer is so disillusioned with the industry that he has quit to use his hands for healing.

Adam Lee still lives on his farm in the village of Dunton but instead of getting his hands dirty he is using them top help others.

"Having the farm and being able to go out and still myself is a great resource for me when I'm working with a client," he said.

Mr Lee's family has farmed in Dunton for over a century.

But like many struggling farmers he has broken with tradition.

Mr Lee now practices craniosacral therapy, a special type of head massage.

No longer farming - but still at home on the land.

"I decided more out of a hobby really to do the training, but when I had finished I realised I had an aptitude for it and I needed to commit myself to either farming or to be a therapist - and I chose therapy."

The land is let to tenant farmers, but Mr Lee has not abandoned his roots on the land entirely.

He is part of a popular paid government scheme to improve the countryside - such as creating a reed marsh in a bog standard wheat field.

The new career in therapy means he has left the stress of farming far behind him, but he still lives the life he loves.