Benefitting multibillion-dollar corporations, our food system based on the mass farming of animals not only puts us at risk of our next pandemic but jeopardizes our health in many ways daily.

On February 27, with fellow members of the Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition (SUFF), Farm Sanctuary lobbied lawmakers at the Oregon State Capitol in support of SB 80.

Nearly all farmed animals raised for food in the U.S. are kept on factory farms—intensive operations that harm not only the animals confined within them but also thousands of species of wildlife.

Did you know that goats prefer happy human faces? Here are more facts you probably didn't know.

We love cows like every day is Valentine's Day.

Adopt a Farm Animal: David Bowie

Thanks to the generosity and dedication of our supporters, we made meaningful progress for farmed animals and advanced systemic food system change in 2024.

Adopt a Farm Animal: Wilfred Fizzlebang

Meleys hen is as fierce as her namesake dragon. Her abandoned flock was nearly wiped out by coyotes—but Meleys survived. Then, a group of neighbors united to save her!

Some of our residents grow up at sanctuary. A lucky few are even born in our care, knowing a lifetime of love.