It's Anna French

About

get to know me

I’m a dreamer with an appetite for adventure, a passion for sustainability, and a craving for slow living. Before trying my hand at motherhood and farming, I backpacked around the globe mostly solo, traveled in a van, and lived in a remote off-grid house.

Now I live on 35 acres in central Colorado with my husband Ryan, our toddler, sometimes my mom in her tiny house, our rescue dogs and collection of farm animals.

We are using our land to SLOWLY build a sustainable farmstead and unique short term rental accommodations.

from solo nomad to farm mom

After a decade of mostly solo travel, I crossed paths with my husband Ryan while we were both living in camper vans. We caravanned across the United States together and put down roots in Colorado. After 3 years of living off-the-grid in the middle of nowhere, we welcomed our son into the world and moved to our farmstead.

how it all began

I was raised as the only child of a single Army mom, so we moved around a lot. I attended 10 schools by 10th grade and was no stranger to travel by the time I graduated from high school. I spent most of my youth in Arizona though, and consider it where I’m from.

2012

Graduated with Bachelor’s

studied sustainability and global health, and did 3 study abroads during undergrad to England, Australia and Fiji

2013-2015

Living abroad

got my Master’s in International Development at University of Sydney, moved to Peru to teach English, then moved to Tanzania to work for an education and women’s empowerment nonprofit

2015-2017

Living in NYC

worked in the education and international non profit sector, burnt out & quit my toxic job, then backpacked around Asia

2017-2020

Van Life

converted a van, hit the road, then paused to work on my mom’s legislative political campaigns, renovated my van, hit the road again, and met the man that is now my husband

2020-2023

Living Off Grid

bought our first off-grid house in the middle of nowhere, fixed it up, bought a second one down the road, and turned the first into a short term rental

2023-Present

Motherhood & Farmstead

became a mom after a high risk pregnancy that made us reassess our prioritizes and move closer to hospitals and other amenities, which brought us to our current farmstead

    some random facts

    • have 4 tattoos in black ink on my back
    • went on my first wilderness backpacking trip at 21 to Havasupai
    • advanced scuba certified
    • summited Mount Kilimanjaro
    • white water rafted the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon for 3 weeks
    • lived on 5 continents & traveled to 6
    • seen 6 of the 7 new ancient wonders of the world
    • have 2 half sisters (13 & 16 years younger than me)
    • have celiac (can’t eat gluten)
    • have anosmia (can’t smell)
    • don’t eat mammals