Zoe Colville: Farming Glastonbury & Regen Cults: A Look Inside [9 min listen]
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Before I continue I'd like to just confirm I couldn't smell any patchouli (or BO) and there were no hairy armpits on show (to my knowledge). Back to this in a moment. The first was a screening of Isabella Tree's Wilding. A documentary shot at the Knepp Estate in Horsham, West Sussex. The second, I was on a panel at a local agricultural college hosted by Royal Agricultural Society of England and Innovation for Agriculture, the title was Farm of the Future. Next we went to a screening of Roots So Deep. An American 'documentary series all about inventive farmers and maverick scientists building a path to solving climate change with hooves, heart and soil.' And finally, the crescendo, Groundswell Festival aka farming Glastonbury. A two day festival in Hertfordshire, a stone's throw from London. 
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