I’m Anna – 20 years a journalist and all my life a farmer’s daughter.  I tell stories about agriculture, the environment and the relationship between urban and rural communities.  My first book ‘Divide‘ was published by Kyle Books in March 2022 and longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing. Now available in paperback.

I’m also a freelance TV producer/director, radio producer/presenter, writer, blogger, Nuffield Farming Scholar and public speaker. I covered rural affairs for the BBC for many years, producing BBC One’s Countryfile, Radio 4’s Battle Grounds: Culture Wars in the Countryside, Farming Today, On Your Farm, Open Country and The Archers. Most recently I produced the Channel 4 series Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker, with a new series coming in 2025. I have reported on agricultural issues for BBC News and the World Service and written for The Guardian, Countryfile Magazine, Farmers Guardian and Farmers Weekly. I am a monthly columnist for Scribehound.

I believe farming and rural issues deserve more attention and greater understanding in the mainstream media. I do my bit through good storytelling, thought-provoking journalism and enabling people at the grassroots of agriculture to share their own stories through my non-profit communications project Just Farmers.