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We Were Founded With A Simple Goal

Make the world a better place. We do that by caring for rescued farmed animals and providing an idyllic sanctuary for children and families to visit and enjoy the animals and cultivated lavender and seasonal vegetables. We offer educational tours, volunteer and internship opportunities.

At Rosie's Farm Sanctuary, we understand everyone is on a different path. Our hope is foster a new awareness of the food industry and understanding about farmed animals while teaching about the benefits of plant-based eating and compassion towards all living beings

By advocating for animal rights and building community, we reconnect people with all the beauty that nature and animals have to offer. We aim to eliminate cruelty to animals and spread compassion into the hearts of all beings.

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News From The Farm

Meet Marty!
Marty is the newest member of the Rosie’s family. He is a potbelly piglet who...
Welcome Kaporos Hens!
Our Cornish Cross girls were liberated from a live wet market in Brooklyn, NY during...
Welcome “Beach Bums”
We are thrilled to introduce our recently rescued pigs from the Outer Banks in NC....

Our mission is to inspire compassion in the hearts of all people and be the voice for animals by rescuing and rehabilitating farmed animals, and providing educational programs and advocacy.

What We Do

Rescue

We rescue and rehabilitate farmed animals, providing them with a forever home. Experiencing the relative freedom they have never known before, our residents get to live out the rest of their lives as the individuals they are meant to be in this world.

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Educate

Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary welcomes visitors to spend time on the farm, self-selecting seasonal crops to buy and meeting the animals as well as their caregivers.

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Advocate

We aim to be a compassionate voice for animals who often go unseen and unheard. Most of us would never wish an animal harm, but the consumption of animal products is deeply ingrained in our society.

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Become a Volunteer & Save More Animals

Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary welcomes volunteers to help care for our animals and their home. Volunteer at the Sanctuary on a regular basis and get to know our animal residents while assisting staff with cleaning, feeding, socializing, and enrichment.

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Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary

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Tours are still available this weekend at Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary. Come meet Mickey and Moose, Dani and Sunshine, and all of the incredible residents who call this place home. Spend time connecting with animals as individuals, hearing their stories, and experiencing a different way of seeing the world in a beautiful setting. 💜🌱

Link in bio to reserve your spot.
Did you know chickens read emotions the same way dogs and cats do?

Judy is not a snuggly lap chicken, not even with Joddie, our vet tech, who she knows and loves. But last night Joddie came in grieving the loss of her sweet 21 (!) year-old cat, Rosie, and for the first time ever, Judy climbed out of her foot soak and up into Joddie’s lap.

Chickens pick up on micro-expressions, body language, and the tone of your voice. They notice the sadness you’re trying to hold together. Research shows they experience genuine emotional empathy—when someone they trust is hurting, they feel it too.

Joddie has shown up for every animal here. Last night, Judy showed up for her. 💜
People often say that saving two cows doesn’t really change anything in a world where billions still are not safe.

And maybe Mickey and Moose alone cannot change the whole world. But every day, simply by existing as themselves, they change *someone’s* world.

Because as you connect with these sweet, gentle, puppy-like boys, it becomes much harder to dismiss their individuality as different from the animals we love. People can see that Mickey and Moose are intelligent and loving and have beautifully individual personalities…and that matters.

Mickey and Moose have become ambassadors for their kind in the most natural way possible. They help people connect dots that once felt distant. They make compassion tangible. They remind people that our choices are not abstract, and that small shifts—like choosing plant-based milks, choosing plant-based cheeses, choosing a little less harm when we can—ripple outward more than we think.

The world changes slowly. Often heartbreakingly slowly. But it does change through connection. And these two boys create that connection every single day. 🌱
We are incredibly proud of the level of care our team provides to every resident here, but sometimes they also accidentally turn a chicken into a tiny sneakerhead. Yes, of course Chase was involved. 🤣

We soak and wrap many of our hens’ feet to help treat and prevent bumblefoot, a painful bacterial infection of the footpad. Judy needed some extra TLC…and somehow ended up looking like she’s about to drop a streetwear collab called Hypebeast Chicken.

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Moose want you to know that he will, in fact, judge you if you do not sign up for one of our awesome community tours this weekend 🐮😒

He is now faMOOs and wants to beg his fans for treats!

➡️ Head to our website and book your visit today to meet all of our animal ambassadors!
Today, The Washington Post shared Mickey and Moose’s story with the world.

What began as two tiny calves from different Vermont dairies on a road trip toward safety became Cow Trip—a story about compassion, connection, and the lives farmed animals deserve to live. Four years later, the two little calves are now beloved, gigantic sanctuary boys who spend their days sunbathing, demanding snacks, and reminding thousands of visitors what happens when compassion gets the final say.

We’re so grateful to filmmaker @joannabzelman and @thedodo , and to @washingtonpost for telling their story with such heart.

Read the article at our LinkTree in bio 💜

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Animals

Every year, around 80 billion land animals are slaughtered for human consumption by many estimates. When it comes to fish and other aquatic animals, this heartbreaking figure soars into the trillions.

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Health

The farming of animals poses alarming dangers to human health, especially as the animal agriculture industry continues to intensify around the world.

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Environment

Animal agriculture’s devastating impacts on climate change and our environment have been well-documented by scientists around the world.

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Social Justice

Tens of billions of farmed animals suffer and die each year so that lucrative animal agriculture corporations can continue to profit from global demand for their unsustainable products.

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How You Can Help

There are so many reasons to transition to veganism. Some choose plant-based diets because they want to help save animals, others do it to protect our planet or to avoid the health risks associated with consuming animal products.

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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

- Mahatma Gandhi

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