As part of my trip to Turkey, I wanted to experience life on a farm, sampling the simple yet tasty Mediterranean cuisine that this region has to offer. What better way than to do it without having to pay a cent! Well, there is a catch. Through wwoof.org the deal is that you get free board in exchange for volunteer work, equating to about 5 hours a day. I know working on a farm is a hard slog, but for me it was something new, different and exciting so I wasn't sure it was really going to feel like "work". With numerous organic farms scattered throughout the Mediterranean, the culling process was hard, as there were so many different types of farms to choose from that all sounded fantastic. But Pastoral Vadi caught my interest because
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