This was a heavy week: we recently lay Penny Blossom to rest with her skin cancer treatment coming to the end. Sweet elderly Eddie Goat, and his functional breathing issues came to a conclusion this week as well, as he was laid to rest with the kindness of the team at Tufts Veterinary Hospital.. I am going to describe a thought I had today. Perhaps it is a heavy week because we are catching the heaviness as is slips away from some beloved rescues. They were ready to take flig

The goal in our own kitchens or in a food establishment is good food. Sometimes the corollaries are: affordable food, on-the-go food, or exotic food, but everything still boils down to.... good food. (For us at the Sanctuary, our vision of good food is compassionate and free of animal based products as well) We have embraced this journey of purchasing and re-opening the recently closed Nirvana Tea House and Cafe in Millis MA. We hope to re-open in the next 30 days! Yesterday

Compassion, kindness, and volunteerism are not soft skills—they are the most powerful tools we have to dismantle indifference. Unity Farm Sanctuary exists to prove that collective action saves lives, but rescuing animals is just the beginning. We must extend that sanctuary spirit to the people around us and the planet we share. In a society that prioritizes profit over connection, every act of care is a rebellion. Cleaning up a park, supporting a local cause, or simply showin

November was a ‘behind the scenes’ whirlwind of new and unexpected possibilities On November 3rd, the community and we learned that Nirvana Tea House and Cafe was closing effectively immediately. Countless people messaged me about this.  I will admit I immediately wanted to make sure that the founder was ok, and began to brainstorm about what we could do. Conversations over the next few weeks grew into a proposal for our Board of Directors, developed from the help of invaluab

Compassion is the next step from experiencing empathy. Empathy allows you to acknowledge the feelings of another being, but compassion bridges that feeling to the understanding and a potential for action. Compassion is feeling what that living being is feeling, grasping a hold of it, accepting it, and then taking action . We can't be perfect in avoiding harm to all other living beings. We can cause some amount of harm to beings simply in our being alive. We can limit the har

In 2012, I was all-in treating a breast cancer diagnosis, and also clearing out, packing up and selling our prior home and moving to our new one here in Sherborn, MA. I came out the other side of my healthcare journey determined to fully embrace each and every day to come, no matter how few or many I was gifted. That year we moved to Unity Lane and began the orchards, the coops and barn on the northern side of what would become the Sanctuary in 2016. Orchid the Llama came int

One of the magical things our family embraced when moving to the Northeast from Southern California decades ago was the opportunity to...

We do the best we can, for as many as we can. We are not perfect, but strive to improve the Sanctuary every day. It is important to speak...

Personally, each of us has a set of principles that guide our lives. Because I am a child of the 1960's I tend to prefer personal...

Penny Blossom Pig is 10 years old today! When I say this, take note at how remarkable this truly is! Yorkshire Pig Penny Blossom is 10...

Penny Blossom Pig has has quite the life's journey. Rescued neonate piglet, sanctuary resident, and healthcare patient are some ways to...

" May Day "  is today, it simply means May 1st! As a child I remember leaving flowers at neighbor’s front doors on this day. There is a...

Phone calls at 3am rarely bring good news. I can still clearly remember the middle of the night call in September 1997 telling me about...

Technology can help make our day to day work here at the Sanctuary easier sometimes. We certainly have our l ive webcams for you to...

My wife Kathy asked me a philosophical question this week. We're both 63 years old, have said goodbye to all our parents, have welcomed a...