Curious tales from a queue we weren’t in
I knew we were too late to see the Queen lying in state, but I needed to see that queue. Alex and I walked the whole thing, from front to… Read more Curious tales from a queue we weren’t in →
The Schöffel: What fashion says about the urban/rural divide.
It’s agricultural show season and the Schöffels are on parade. Not even scorching hot sun deters the Schöffel devotee from donning their fleecy gilet – they just lose the shirt… Read more The Schöffel: What fashion says about the urban/rural divide. →
International Women’s Day: My Tweed Coat
In the autumn of 2015, ready for my first ever Nuffield Farming Conference, I bought a tweed coat. It’s dark green with threads of red and gold, a brown suede… Read more International Women’s Day: My Tweed Coat →
A Victory for Nuance: Why dairy farmers should thank Panorama.
“It was bad. Real bad.” Dad told me about BBC One’s Panorama ‘A Cow’s Life – The True Cost of Milk?’ as I drove home after running a Just Farmers… Read more A Victory for Nuance: Why dairy farmers should thank Panorama. →
Why I Wrote ‘Divide’
Do you identify as an urban person or a rural person? Maybe, like me, you’re a bit of both – a hybrid. In many ways, being a hybrid is great… Read more Why I Wrote ‘Divide’ →
Dance of the Sugar Plum Dairy Beef
Would you spend £15 on takeaway steak and chips from a food van? This was my dilemma as I loitered around the extortionate street food stalls in the courtyard of… Read more Dance of the Sugar Plum Dairy Beef →
Farm Girl Fish Out of Water
Farm Girl Fish Out of Water It was three days of intense imposter syndrome. I was invited to moderate a plenary at the IUCN Congress in Marseille – possibly the… Read more Farm Girl Fish Out of Water →
10 Things I Still Love About Lockdown (even in grief).
It’s been a month since I blogged about all the things I love about lockdown, with a heavy caveat that my positivity should not to be confused with complacency. And,… Read more 10 Things I Still Love About Lockdown (even in grief). →
ANNA JONES 