Letter to the Biden-Harris Administration Offering Recommendations to Shift Agriculture to a Just and Sustainable System

The public’s love for bacon comes at great cost to pigs like Emmett and Wyatt.

Squid & Otto came to Farm Sanctuary three weeks apart. Through their “bromance,” these spunky sheep are pushing through their health challenges together.

Cows are a common, peaceful sight along country roads but few people consider the path after pasture.

Undoubtedly, the hardest part about Sanctuary work is saying goodbye when our residents pass.

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If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s the importance of empathy and that our choices impact the lives of others.

We debate about pumpkin vs. sweet potato pie, about whether cranberry sauce should be fresh or shaped like a can, about whether pro football and Black Friday are sacrosanct or sacrilege—but our main-course consistency has us giving thanks by killing over 40 million sentient birds every year. Why? Why not gratitude and mercy instead?

This presidential turkey pardon—which paints turkeys as unwitting convicts seeking clemency—deserves a little examination. How did this tradition arise? And what in the world do turkeys need pardoning for, anyhow?