DIVIDE

Divide is well written and thought provoking Sunday Telegraph A lively guide through the thorny challenges of rural life in an urban world Essential reading for both incomer and local Anna Jones is insightful but above all sensitive we walk in everybody s shoes Tom Heap This book by farmer s daughter and now journalist and media presenter Anna Jones is one of the most enjoyable and interesting books I have read this year Mark Avery This book is a call to action It warns that unless we learn to accept and respect our social cultural and political differences as town and country people we are never going to solve the chronic problems in our food system and environment As we stare down the barrel of climate change only farmers who manage two thirds of the UK s landscape working together with conservation groups can create a healthier food system and bring back nature in diverse abundance But this fledgling progress is hindered and hamstrung by simplistic debates that still stoke conflict between conservative rural communities and the liberal green movement Each chapter from Family and Politics to Animal Welfare and the Environment explores a different aspect of the urban rural disconnect weaving case studies and research with Anna s