On August 5, 2020, Farm Sanctuary hosted a virtual symposium that brought together a group of experts to discuss the interconnected social justice issues stemming from our modern food system and the industry’s negative effects on workers, communities, animals, and the environment—particularly now in the midst of a global pandemic.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and tasked with the “depopulation” of his hens, one California egg farmer decided to free them instead.

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As a “bummer lamb,” Otto couldn’t nurse from his mom; in fact, he couldn’t even open his mouth on his own.

It took a life-threatening injury to save Squid from slaughter. The Suffolk lamb was bred at the request of a Future Farmers of America (FFA) program: a student would raise the purebred lamb for show, and then sell him at auction for meat production. Those plans fell apart within three days of Squid’s birth, though, when his mom accidentally trampled his leg.

This year, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) are working together to update and release the Dietary Guidelines for Americans—a process that only happens once every five years.

Re: Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee; Docket FNS-2020-0015

We’re grateful to be collaborating for the fifth year in a row with Treeline Treenut Cheese to realize more inspiring stories of dairy survivors like Dixon.

A 2015 outbreak of bird flu cost taxpayers roughly $850 million, and potentially, their lives.