We're thrilled to welcome 25 new mentees and 12 fresh mentors into FACT’s 2024 Mentorship Program

FACT’s Lydia Strand shares about life in winter on her farm in Bellingham, WA

FACT’s Fund-a-Farmer grants improve the lives of food animals as well as the wildlife around them.

For our last email of 2023, we want to share how your support is impacting farmers through FACT's mentorship program.

See how FACT farmers are working hard to provide humanely pasture-raised turkeys to their own community in the run-up to Thanksgiving. 

Our grant applications for projects to improve the lives of livestock and poultry are now ready for humane farmers across the country.

Read how two of our mentors and mentees came together to share a brief yet incredibly meaningful experience.

Check out the Humane Farming Team’s programming this autumn, including webinars, scholarships, and our Pasture Raised Turkey Directory.

Find out how one of the EATs Acts up for inclusion in the Farm Bill will pander to Big Ag at the risk of local farmers.

Lydia Strand takes us through a day at her Icelandic and Shetland Sheep Farm in Washington.

Take a peek into a summer day on Hen and Harvest Farm in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Matt Gelbwaks tells us more about life as a sheep dairyman.

FACT Mentor, Matt Gelbwaks shares about his life as a sheep dairyman and egg farmer.

In Part Two, our FACT mentors tell us more about life as a dairy farmer, including their favorite resources, how they handle stress, and what they wish up-and-coming dairy farmers and customers knew about the industry.

We interview a few of our fantastic FACT Mentors about life as a committed humane dairy farmer.

For National Dairy Month we look at the difference between a dairy cow and a beef cow.

After 18 years at FACT, our Director of Humane Farming, Larissa McKenna has decided to move on professionally. Read about her legacy at FACT and the future of the Humane Farming Program.

Today, we’re sharing stories from two of our 2022 grant recipients: Malachi Muhammad, The Nation’s Farm in Covington, Georgia, and Filipa Rodrigues, Saudade Farms in Sherburne, New York. Read their stories to see FACT’s work in action!

We are delighted to announce our 2023 Fund-a-Farmer Grant recipients! With 87 farms and ranches located across 34 different states and the District of Columbia, this crop of grant recipients is our largest cohort ever.

How regenerative farming practices helped Hen and Harvest Farm in California ride out this winter’s storms.