I worked at the farm both Saturday and Sunday mornings so I got to spend lots of time with the newest resident, Lola: She is the dearest little thing. She and Teddy followed us all around inspecting each chore we did and sampling the various animal foods. We would often leave pans of feed on [...]
Apr/12
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The People of Heartland: Meet Sarah Solberg
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For Sarah Solberg, Heartland Farm Sanctuary barn manager, the opportunity to combine helping animals with helping people in her work is a dream come true. She first heard about Heartland in early 2011, while volunteering with Friends of Ferals. Heartland asked FoF to spread the word that they were looking to hire employees and recruit [...]
Heartland Farm Sanctuary has a new online store! Thanks to CafePress.com, we are now selling a number of products with our logo on them, including t-shirts, tote bags, water bottles, magnets, and buttons. 15% of sales proceeds go to Heartland Farm Sanctuary. Please feel free to browse our store by clicking the link below. Shop [...]
But I really wanted to catch up with Toby and the gang at the barn, so I went in this morning just in time to meet the new family members that joined us today, including Crystal-a 23 year-old horse that will be a companion to Cherish. And possibly to Mick and Thor as they were very interested in their pretty, [...]
Mar/12
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Welcome Heartland’s Newest Board Members!
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Heartland is pleased to welcome our newest members to our Board of Directors. Please join us in welcoming Sean Sennott, Stephanie Weis and Tim Connor. Stephanie Weis Stephanie has volunteered at Heartland’s barn twice weekly for over a year, and is one of our best bidders at our Silent Auctions, in addition to planning youth [...]
Mar/12
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Teens Learn Trust, Teamwork at Heartland
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Every Thursday afternoon, a small group of teenage boys visits us to help with various chores around the barn, such as covering each stall with hay and providing the animals with fresh food and water. They also interact with the animals, with jobs such as exercising Toby the calf and helping bring the animals into [...]
The one really bright spot of the week is going out to the farm. This last Sunday there was a little box of fresh raspberries in the produce bin. Esme-the-turkey LOVES her fruit, so I sat down in the middle of the barn floor and opened the little hinged plastic box and held it out [...]
It was so nice during my last farm shift that I spent a half and hour after the chores were done, and just sat out in the back pasture with the goats and sucked up the nice weather. Anna and Cherish were on the other side of the fence…. The goats were loving the sun and [...]
Sunny-the-rooster watched him for a while and then dug himself a hole in straw in the goat stall, stretched out and tried the breakfast in bed thing himself. What a goof.Sonny is Mr. Personality. He is such a character and so social. He runs 40 miles a shift following us around from chore to chore, [...]
It was so gorgeous at the farm the other morning; sun, warm, no wind. The animals were all just sucking up the nice weather and lazing around in the sun beams. When it came to lazing though, Thor took it to the extreme. He decided to lay down and eat his breakfast. Breakfast in bed. The funniest [...]
