Fighting food waste to end hunger is a goal that every company and individual should prioritize. The sooner this practice is normalized, the more positive the impact.

Adopt a Farm Animal: Milo

Missy pig, born on Halloween, had a grim and haunting start to life. She spent her days alone in a solitary pen—a nightmare for pigs, who are social beings and grow distressed without friends, enough space, and stimulation. People didn’t pay much attention to her, either. Now we know that Missy is a friendly and affectionate pig who enjoys attention (and deep belly rubs); however, the farmers who owned her didn’t see her as a friend but as a means of production.

In the cold winter of 2021, a case of “fowl play” landed four ducklings in jail.

Every year in the United States, the $40 billion dairy industry uses over 9 million cows for their milk—and slaughters 3 million more for food. The only way they can do this is by turning living beings into commodities, like a shaft of wheat or a quart of oil. How does that work? This is the story of the lives that the industry has turned into machines for milk and cheese.

Whether this is your first family holiday meal as a vegan or if you’ve been trying to navigate family holidays for years and still haven’t gotten the hang of it, here are some tips from Brenda Sanders to make the upcoming holiday meals a much more pleasant experience for you and everybody else!

This wasn’t a one-sided relationship: Aggie needed Paula, too. Each came to Farm Sanctuary alone, afraid, and yearning for companionship. Here, they found love, safety, and healing side by side.

There are so many reasons people go vegan! In honor of World Vegan Day, we’re offering six very tangible reasons that get to the heart of the matter.

At Farm Sanctuary, we’ve worked for 35 years to bring to light the horrific treatment of farm animals and to end their exploitation. We also acknowledge the interrelated harms caused by today’s exploitative food system on farmworkers and food chain workers across the United States. In honor of World Food Day, let’s take a moment to better understand farmworkers’ experiences.