THE SANCTUARY EMBRACES THE ADVENTURE OF 2024
What do you remember most about 2023 at Unity Farm Sanctuary? Maybe a new rescue here had you cheering, or maybe you had a blast at an...
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Kathy Halamka
Dec 11, 2023
STRONGER TOGETHER
Unity Farm Sanctuary has worked with many other sanctuaries and rescue organizations to rescue farmed animals and companion animals. Some...
Kathy Halamka
Nov 24, 2023
GRATITUDE AND PURPOSE
‘“What are you good at?” “What work needs doing?” And “What brings you joy?” Where those three things overlap is the opportunity for...
Kathy Halamka
Nov 7, 2023
HEALTHY AND HAPPY GOALS
It has been a year of unique medical challenges for some rescues. Sometimes despite the best care provided by our team and veterinarians...
Kathy Halamka
Oct 7, 2023
PENNY BLOSSOM
Let's start upbeat and we will ease you into the heart of the news. In July, 8 years ago, Miss Penny Blossom entered this world, and was...
Kathy Halamka
Sep 13, 2023
TO SAY NO
Sanctuary life is not all blue skies and easy days I had to say no today. I did not cause the problem, and I did not create the situation...
Kathy Halamka
Sep 5, 2023
ATTUNED TO WHAT LIFE BRINGS US
Sanctuary life is like anyone's everyday busy lives, but a really condensed, amplified, and “filled to the brim” version of everyday life...
Kathy Halamka
Aug 15, 2023
HOPE. SINCERITY. POSSIBILITY.
"Cringe: the ultimate insult of our era. It implies a kind of pathetic attachment to hope, to sincerity, to possibility." (Lydia Polgreen...
Kathy Halamka
Jul 18, 2023
FINDING SUCCESS STORIES
It is hard to keep track of all the communications. The calls and emails don’t stop for nightfall or weekends or holidays. Several times...
Kathy Halamka
Jun 23, 2023
TAKE THE LEAP
Journeys begin much earlier than we might at first think they do. Did this Sanctuary journey begin when I saved a caterpillar or a spider...
Kathy Halamka
May 17, 2023
NETWORK. NETWORK. NETWORK.
One saying tells us “It takes a village” to do some things, like raise a child. I would add to that: this is vital as well to the world...
Kathy Halamka
Apr 13, 2023
DIARY OF A DAY
Every day is different with new highs and new lows, changes, challenges and decisions. People who work in Rescue and in Sanctuary are...
Kathy Halamka
Mar 29, 2023
QUEEN ROGER
(photo is Staffperson Annabelle with Queen Roger) Spring is really showing up here at the Sanctuary - everyone is shedding, pigs are...
Kathy Halamka
Mar 8, 2023
STEPPING UP
2023 is the year for the Sanctuary to step up! We are stepping up with rescues’ enrichment: more toys and more interaction and...
Kathy Halamka
Feb 7, 2023
CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS
Winter is often a northern gardener's dreaming-time month, with seed catalogs arriving in the mail to tempt. Each gardener is waiting for...
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