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Inside Vermont’s Dairy Industry
Dairy is facing an environmental reckoning. The land use, the water use and the methane are adding up in our collective minds to an unsustainable industry. But the way we treat dairy cows is beyond unsustainable.
Read MoreRosie’s Farm Sanctuary Is Strategizing to Save Animals
“We can’t save our way out of this,” remarks Michele Waldman, Founder and President of Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary. The harms of animal agriculture, she says, are too immense to overcome through rescue alone. More than 55 billion terrestrial animals are killed for food — just in the U.S. — each year. Meanwhile, sanctuaries are limited…
Read MoreThe Dodo
In February 2023, a lamb farmer surrendered 2 lambs and their mother to us. After spending 2 weeks at the hospital due to health issues resulting from pregnancy, we were able to bring the mama sheep and her babies home to Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary. Watch their heartwarming arrival to the sanctuary…
Read MoreAnatomy of A Dream
Michele Waldman was born in New Zealand but spent much of her childhood in Australia. Filled with wildlife, birds, and nature, Australia provided the perfect backdrop to learn and develop a deep respect for nature. When her parents divorced, she was only three years old. At this time, animals seemed to make more sense to…
Read MoreGirl Scouts donate fundraiser money to animal sanctuary
They made about $2,000 in cookie sales – but instead of spending it these Girl Scouts donated it to an animal sanctuary in need!
Read MoreEpisode 2 – Destination Liberation & Rosie’s Animal Sanctuary w/ Jason Bolalek
“It would be great if you could rescue 10 calves, or 80 calves, or 100 calves, but we can’t rescue our way out of the problem.” In this week’s episode we introduce you to Destination Liberation founder Jason Bolalek a man on a mission to rescue calves from dairy farms and finding them forever homes.…
Read More‘I just want to leave with the calf’: the US activist befriending farmers
When Jason Bolalek set out to save unwanted male calves in the dairy-producing state of Vermont, he hit upon a solution that worked for both sides
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