Shepherdess, 28, who racked up 90,000 followers after ditching townie lifestyle for farming reveals she’s trolled by jealous men who say she ‘slept her way to the job’ and ‘reported her to animal welfare’
- Hannah Jackson, 28, moved from the Wirral to a farm near Carlise, Cumbria
- Has racked up 90,000 social media followers and has written her own book
- Cruel trolls reported her to authorities and told her she ‘slept her way to the top’
A woman who ditched her ‘townie’ lifestyle to run a farm has revealed how ‘men who are jealous of her success’ have accused her of ‘sleeping with people to get the job’ and have even falsely reported her to animal welfare.
Hannah Jackson, 28, moved from the Wirral to a farm near Carlise, Cumbria eight years ago and has racked up 90,000 followers by sharing her rural lifestyle online.
She says her mission is show young people that farming is a legitimate career choice, and has appeared on BBC‘s Countryfile as well as writing her own book, Call Me Red, which is now a Sunday Times best seller.
Hannah Jackson, 28, moved from the Wirral to a farm in Cumbria eight years ago and has racked up 90,000 followers by sharing her rural lifestyle online
Hannah – who is known as the Red Shepherdess due to her shocking crimson hair – also revealed how she’s been accused online of ‘sleeping with people to get the job on the farm’.
‘I’ve had people report my sheep. I’ve literally had animal inspectors come out to the farm to inspect them, to say they are absolutely fine. It’s then been reported down to them as a personal attack instead,’ she told The Times.
Hannah – who is known as the Red Shepherdess due to her shocking crimson hair – also revealed how she’s been accused online of ‘sleeping with people to get the job on the farm’.
She added that the hatred stems from ‘insecurity and jealously’ as she has progressed quickly in the industry and ‘men just don’t like it’.
Other comments she has include ‘a few photos of sheep doesn’t turn a scouser into a shepherd’.
Hannah, who has more than 60,000 followers on Instagram and more than 30,000 on Twitter, said that it’s a small number of vocal voices in the industry that leave mean comments
Hannah says her mission is show young people that farming is a legitimate career choice, and has appeared on BBC’s Countryfile as well as writing her own book, Call Me Red, which is now a Sunday Times best seller.
Hannah said that the hatred stems from ‘insecurity and jealously’ as she has progressed quickly in the industry and ‘men just don’t like it’.
But Hannah, who has more than 60,000 followers on Instagram and more than 30,000 on Twitter, said that it’s a small number of vocal voices in the industry.
‘You have to almost train your brain to remember that out of 1,000 amazing and lovely comments there is only one negative one there,’ she added.
Despite facing vitriol, Hannah said that farming was ‘a really beautiful way of life and one I’m so lucky to be involved in’ and even gives talks in schools to encourage the rural lifestyle.
Hannah, who has more than 60,000 followers on Instagram and more than 30,000 on Twitter, said that it’s a small number of vocal voices in the industry
On her farm she has 250 sheep, goats, a pony, pigs, chickens, ducks and dogs. She is pictured on a tractor
Hannah’s decided to pursue a career in farming after helping a sheep give birth on a family holiday.
On her farm she has 250 sheep, goats, a pony, pigs, chickens, ducks and dogs.
Hannah’s decided to pursue a career in farming after helping a sheep give birth on a family holiday.
She says that ‘lambing’ is her favourite time, and that she’s keen to continue teaching people about farming so the ‘public knows where food comes from’.