Blueberry Lane Farm Animal Sanctuary is working for a well-balanced world; one where humans act as stewards of the earth and care for nonhuman animals with love and compassion. Located on the east coast of North Carolina, Blueberry Lane is home

Episode 31 – A Feral Pig Lover And Protecter | Tracy Frank from SARA Sanctuary

Nov 18th, 2021 49m 14s

Have you ever seen 300 tame feral pigs gathered together and living their best lives? You can do this, and more, at SARA Sanctuary (Society For Animal Rescue and Adoption) in Sequin, Texas. Although “tame” and “feral” sound like they just don’t

Episode 30 – If You Love Them, Paint Them with Melisa Beverage

Oct 12th, 2021 51m 46s

Melisa Beveridge is a vet tech/animal lover/artist who took her career dreams that she had as a little girl and made them come true after an intense car accident with a semi truck. Her dreams quite literally flashed before her eyes, and she kne

Episode 29 – Healing and Hope with 4Them Sanctuary

Aug 31st, 2021 46m 59s

From heartbreak and cancer to healing and hope, Leslie Naylor’s life was changed because of one cow. Join us this week, in a cow pasture, as we sit down with the founder of 4 Them Sanctuary in Tennessee. She tells us about her small starts …

Episode 28 – NM Farm Sanctuary | “How were we lied to for so long?”

Jul 31st, 2021 34m 57s

New Mexico Farm Sanctuary is one of the most warm, welcoming, and inviting sanctuaries that I've visited over the years. Gabriel and Julie Cerros have truly created a space strangers turn into friends and friends soon feel like family.

Episode 27 – Veganville, OR: A Sustainable, Loving, and Compassionate Destination

Jul 13th, 2021 1h 29m

My partner and I had the privilege of visiting Veganville and having a conversation with the incredible founder, Cecilia Mialon, back in February of 2021. Although the pandemic was raging on, we took a masked and socially-distanced tour of her

Episode 26 – Podcast Announcement | Know This About Going Vegan

Jun 29th, 2021 1h 29m

Sanctuary tour is making some big changes! Listen in to find out what is happening.

Episode 25 – Joy Gomez – Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary – Caregivers Corner

Feb 18th, 2020 33m 24s

In this new series, “Caregivers Corner,” I sit down with caregivers from different sanctuaries to talk about their work as caregivers. Joy Gomez is the farm manager and a caregiver at Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary in Poughquag, New York. Joy and I

Episode 24 – Maya Gottfried – Author of Vegan Love

Feb 12th, 2020 46m 20s

Maya Gottfried, Author of several books including “Vegan Love – Dating and Partnering for the Cruelty – Free Gal, With Fashion, Makeup & Wedding Tips” and I sit down in her home in the Hudson Valley to discuss this book, Our Farm, and much more

Episode 23 – Kathy Stevens – Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Feb 5th, 2020 48m 7s

Kathy Stevens, Founder of Catskill Animal Sanctuary, author of Where the Blind Horse Sings, and Animal Camp, public speaker, educator and much more, sits down with me at the sanctuary amidst the goats, chickens, sheep, turkeys, and other animal

Episode 22 – Jonathan Brant – Discussing the Surging Plant-based Market and Growing Competition with the Animal Agriculture Industry

Jan 13th, 2020 41m 2s

Jonathan Brant is an animal rights activist, a writer, an artist, a musician and singer, a student at Eastern Michigan University, and author of “An Open Letter to a Curious Omnivore.” In this episode, Jonathan and I are back together again dis

Episode 21 – Cultivating Peace Through Ahimsa and Meditation with Kim Beller

Jan 9th, 2020 37m 6s

*Audio typo correction!! – In this episode I say 100 billion animals have died in Australia wildfires. I meant 1 billion. Sorry for the audio typo! Happy New Year! This episode is different from others in that there is no guest. In this raw and

Episode 20 – Party Animals Catering – Mike Barootjian

Dec 30th, 2019 31m 10s

Mike Barootijian is the owner and head chef of Party Animals Catering – A vegan catering service and meal plan service in the Hudson Valley in New York. It was a pleasure to sit down with Mike and discuss his work, his vegan story, and …

Episode 19 – Sarah Beth – Animal Rights Activist

Dec 29th, 2019 32m 49s

Sarah Beth is an animal rights activist and avid volunteer living in upstate New York. After learning about the many deaths of horses associated with horse racing, Sarah began protesting with Horseracing Wrongs, an organization founded by Patri

Episode 18 – Helena Lundblad – Magical Creatures of Hamakua

Dec 20th, 2019 47m 56s

Helena Lundblad and I discuss the details of how Magical Creatures of Hamakua began and how she became a large sanctuary overnight. She tells the story of her best friend Janice the goat and how she nursed her back to health after Janice burned

Episode 17 Cows Come Home Sanctuary – Randie Gentry

Dec 4th, 2019 44m 1s

Cows Come Home Sanctuary located in Talbott, Tennessee is such a magical place filled with lots of love and a very inspiring story. Randie and I sit down on her front porch overlooking the cow pasture, and have a heartfelt conversation. She sha

Episode 16 Farmshire Animal Sanctuary

Nov 25th, 2019 25m 11s

During a recent trip to North Carolina I was excited to visit Farmshire Animal Sanctuary located in Clyde, just outside of Asheville. It was awesome to visit with the animals, and to sit down with Sarah and Calen to talk about this beautiful sa

Episode 15 – Mark Hawthorne – Author of Striking at the Roots – A Pratical Guide to Animal Activism

Nov 24th, 2019 46m 50s

I had the immense pleasure of sitting down with Mark at the Gray Barn at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, to discuss his book, Striking at the Roots- A Practical Guide to Animal Activism. Mark recently released the second edition of the book, (ten yea

Episode 14 Rebecca Moore – Institute For Animal Happiness

Nov 14th, 2019 58m 34s

After years of experience working with animals at different sanctuaries, Rebecca started her own “micro-sanctuary,” Institute For Animal Happiness. She and I sit down in her home in Woodstock, New York to discuss micro-sanctuaries, Hudson Valle

Episode 13 Lindsay Rubin – Vice President of V-Dog

Nov 10th, 2019 26m 41s

In this episode, Lindsay and I talk about V-dog which was founded in 2005 by the late Dave Middlesworth, and his wife Linda, two vegans with two rescue pit bulls, who wanted an ethical vegan dog food for their dogs. They started V-dog to provid

Episode 12 Amy Burkman Artist- Activist- Philanthropist

Oct 18th, 2019 34m 53s

Amy Burkman is a professional artist, activist, philanthropist, a cancer survivor, and advocates for animals and humans through her art. She does live painting for events and galas to support and raise money for different causes, charities, and

Episode 11 The Humane Cowboy – Brece Clark

Oct 9th, 2019 47m 3s

In this episode, Brece Clark (The Humane Cowboy) and I have an authentic, raw conversation about his journey from horse trainer, bull rider, rodeo participant, to the “humane cowboy” who works full time at a farm sanctuary who rescues animals.

Episode 10 – Woodstock Farm Sanctuary – Rachel McCrystal, Executive Director

Oct 2nd, 2019 46m

In this episode Rachel McCrystal and I sit down in the grass pasture with the turkeys at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary. Rachel introduces the beautiful turkeys and tells us that Beatrice is nine years old, which is very uncommon for turkeys to live

Episode 9 FREEDOM FARM SANCTUARY in Olesh, Israel with Adit Romano and Ruth Levy-Abramson

Sep 25th, 2019 48m 12s

Adit Ramano is the co-founder of Freedom Farm Sanctuary in Olesh, Israel. She and Ruth Levy Abramson, humane educator and translator for the farm sit down with me to discuss the work they are doing, the animals they have rescued, how the sanctu

Episode 8 HHHH Farm Rescue with Lauren Rosborough

Sep 18th, 2019 36m 36s

Lauren tells the story of how HHHH Farm Rescue was started, and her first rescue, Celtic (a horse), and purchasing her own farm when she turned 25. She discusses her second rescue and the latest rescue (Beau) another horse. They recently rescue