It’s a wet Saturday in July and I’m standing in a soggy field near Cirencester, Gloucestershire under the type of steel-grey sky and stair-rod rain that sends even the hardiest folk running inside. I’m told the first day of the Land Skills Fair enjoyed clear skies and warm sun, but I can see even in the downpour that nothing will stop the fizzing energy of the crowds that have gathered for this four-day festival celebrating food, land and climate justice.
Under the canvas canopies erected for talks, workshops and events, people land dripping wet, steam rising as
