This weekend in St Louis, with the help of amazing volunteers, we fenced our largest…

Missouri fence project number 2 DONE!!! Thank you for enabling us to do this work!

As I write this I'm sitting on the edge of our pond in Missouri and my heart swells with joy to be creating our third Gentle Barn and making a home for Chico and his brothers. After being raised as objects, sent to their deaths,…

Day 1 in Missouri: This place is heaven! We got a lot done today to set up the house…

This week Jay and I headed to St Louis, Missouri to create our third Gentle Barn! I am so happy that my little childhood dream, created in my small backyard eighteen years ago, is now in three states. Sometimes I am going through my day and…

After being at our Sun Chlorella Healing Center recovering from an abscess, Emily returns and gets a huge welcome from her friends and family.

I have heard the term “compassion fatigue” many times, but I don’t think I fully understood it until now. Compassion fatigue is the depression and sorrow that comes from having an open heart and dealing with an overwhelming amount of loss, grief,…

Sir Fancy Pants loves to dance whenever he has an audience. Such a show off!

One of the hardest things about running an animal sanctuary is seeing animals pass. It is so hard to say goodbye, even when they live way past their life expectancy, even when they had the most amazing life here with us, even when the animal himself…

Jay Weiner, co founder of The Gentle Barn and vegan chef shows us a delicious dinner plan that's healthy and delicious!