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Mission: To connect humans with animals through the work of animal sanctuaries around the world, to cultivate a more compassionate, awake world through education, awareness, and outreach. Sanctuary Tour - the podcast will feature conversations with the founders, directors, caregivers, and volunte…

Kimberly Beller


    • Dec 3, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 40m AVG DURATION
    • 34 EPISODES


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    Episode 32 – Meet Blueberry Lane, The Sanctuary Working For A Balanced World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 60:36


    Blueberry Lane Farm Animal Sanctuary is working for a well-balanced world; one where humans act as stewards of the earth and care for nonhuman animals with love and compassion. Located on the east coast of North Carolina, Blueberry Lane is home to animals who were …

    Episode 31 – A Feral Pig Lover And Protecter | Tracy Frank from SARA Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 49:14


    Have you ever seen 300 tame feral pigs gathered together and living their best lives? You can do this, and more, at SARA Sanctuary (Society For Animal Rescue and Adoption) in Sequin, Texas. Although “tame” and “feral” sound like they just don’t mesh, Tracy explains …

    Episode 30 – If You Love Them, Paint Them with Melisa Beverage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 51:46


    Melisa Beveridge is a vet tech/animal lover/artist who took her career dreams that she had as a little girl and made them come true after an intense car accident with a semi truck. Her dreams quite literally flashed before her eyes, and she knew what she …

    Episode 29 – Healing and Hope with 4Them Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 46:59


    From heartbreak and cancer to healing and hope, Leslie Naylor’s life was changed because of one cow. Join us this week, in a cow pasture, as we sit down with the founder of 4 Them Sanctuary in Tennessee. She tells us about her small starts …

    Episode 28 – NM Farm Sanctuary | “How were we lied to for so long?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 34:57


    New Mexico Farm Sanctuary is one of the most warm, welcoming, and inviting sanctuaries that I've visited over the years. Gabriel and Julie Cerros have truly created a space strangers turn into friends and friends soon feel like family.

    Episode 27 – Veganville, OR: A Sustainable, Loving, and Compassionate Destination

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 89:38


    My partner and I had the privilege of visiting Veganville and having a conversation with the incredible founder, Cecilia Mialon, back in February of 2021. Although the pandemic was raging on, we took a masked and socially-distanced tour of her place before sitting down to …

    Episode 26 – Podcast Announcement | Know This About Going Vegan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 89:38


    Sanctuary tour is making some big changes! Listen in to find out what is happening.

    Episode 25 – Joy Gomez – Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary – Caregivers Corner

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 33:24


    In this new series, “Caregivers Corner,” I sit down with caregivers from different sanctuaries to talk about their work as caregivers. Joy Gomez is the farm manager and a caregiver at Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary in Poughquag, New York. Joy and I discuss their recent…

    Episode 24 – Maya Gottfried – Author of Vegan Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 46:20


    Maya Gottfried, Author of several books including “Vegan Love – Dating and Partnering for the Cruelty – Free Gal, With Fashion, Makeup & Wedding Tips” and I sit down in her home in the Hudson Valley to discuss this book, Our Farm, and much more.…

    Episode 23 – Kathy Stevens – Catskill Animal Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 48:07


    Kathy Stevens, Founder of Catskill Animal Sanctuary, author of Where the Blind Horse Sings, and Animal Camp, public speaker, educator and much more, sits down with me at the sanctuary amidst the goats, chickens, sheep, turkeys, and other animal friends whom she calls the “under-foots.”…

    Episode 22 – Jonathan Brant – Discussing the Surging Plant-based Market and Growing Competition with the Animal Agriculture Industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 41:02


    Jonathan Brant is an animal rights activist, a writer, an artist, a musician and singer, a student at Eastern Michigan University, and author of “An Open Letter to a Curious Omnivore.” In this episode, Jonathan and I are back together again discussing important issues surrounding…

    Episode 21 – Cultivating Peace Through Ahimsa and Meditation with Kim Beller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 37:06


    *Audio typo correction!! – In this episode I say 100 billion animals have died in Australia wildfires. I meant 1 billion. Sorry for the audio typo! Happy New Year! This episode is different from others in that there is no guest. In this raw and…

    Episode 20 – Party Animals Catering – Mike Barootjian

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 31:10


    Mike Barootijian is the owner and head chef of Party Animals Catering – A vegan catering service and meal plan service in the Hudson Valley in New York. It was a pleasure to sit down with Mike and discuss his work, his vegan story, and…

    Episode 19 – Sarah Beth – Animal Rights Activist

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2019 32:49


    Sarah Beth is an animal rights activist and avid volunteer living in upstate New York. After learning about the many deaths of horses associated with horse racing, Sarah began protesting with Horseracing Wrongs, an organization founded by Patrick Battuello, that exposes the many wrongs in…

    Episode 18 – Helena Lundblad – Magical Creatures of Hamakua

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 47:56


    Helena Lundblad and I discuss the details of how Magical Creatures of Hamakua began and how she became a large sanctuary overnight. She tells the story of her best friend Janice the goat and how she nursed her back to health after Janice burned all…

    Episode 17 Cows Come Home Sanctuary – Randie Gentry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 44:01


    Cows Come Home Sanctuary located in Talbott, Tennessee is such a magical place filled with lots of love and a very inspiring story. Randie and I sit down on her front porch overlooking the cow pasture, and have a heartfelt conversation. She shares her story…

    Episode 16 Farmshire Animal Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 25:11


    During a recent trip to North Carolina I was excited to visit Farmshire Animal Sanctuary located in Clyde, just outside of Asheville. It was awesome to visit with the animals, and to sit down with Sarah and Calen to talk about this beautiful sanctuary and…

    Episode 15 – Mark Hawthorne – Author of Striking at the Roots – A Pratical Guide to Animal Activism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 46:50


    I had the immense pleasure of sitting down with Mark at the Gray Barn at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, to discuss his book, Striking at the Roots- A Practical Guide to Animal Activism. Mark recently released the second edition of the book, (ten year anniversary) with…

    Episode 14 Rebecca Moore – Institute For Animal Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019 58:34


    After years of experience working with animals at different sanctuaries, Rebecca started her own “micro-sanctuary,” Institute For Animal Happiness. She and I sit down in her home in Woodstock, New York to discuss micro-sanctuaries, Hudson Valley Vegfest, and much more! Rebecca explains what a “micro-sanctuary”…

    Episode 13 Lindsay Rubin – Vice President of V-Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 26:41


    In this episode, Lindsay and I talk about V-dog which was founded in 2005 by the late Dave Middlesworth, and his wife Linda, two vegans with two rescue pit bulls, who wanted an ethical vegan dog food for their dogs. They started V-dog to provide…

    Episode 12 Amy Burkman Artist- Activist- Philanthropist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 34:53


    Amy Burkman is a professional artist, activist, philanthropist, a cancer survivor, and advocates for animals and humans through her art. She does live painting for events and galas to support and raise money for different causes, charities, and non-profits. Amy has traveled around the world…

    Episode 11 The Humane Cowboy – Brece Clark

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 47:03


    In this episode, Brece Clark (The Humane Cowboy) and I have an authentic, raw conversation about his journey from horse trainer, bull rider, rodeo participant, to the “humane cowboy” who works full time at a farm sanctuary who rescues animals. Brece talks about growing up…

    Episode 10 – Woodstock Farm Sanctuary – Rachel McCrystal, Executive Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 46:00


    In this episode Rachel McCrystal and I sit down in the grass pasture with the turkeys at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary. Rachel introduces the beautiful turkeys and tells us that Beatrice is nine years old, which is very uncommon for turkeys to live this long. Beatrice…

    Episode 9 FREEDOM FARM SANCTUARY in Olesh, Israel with Adit Romano and Ruth Levy-Abramson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 48:12


    Adit Ramano is the co-founder of Freedom Farm Sanctuary in Olesh, Israel. She and Ruth Levy Abramson, humane educator and translator for the farm sit down with me to discuss the work they are doing, the animals they have rescued, how the sanctuary was started,…

    Episode 8 HHHH Farm Rescue with Lauren Rosborough

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 36:36


    Lauren tells the story of how HHHH Farm Rescue was started, and her first rescue, Celtic (a horse), and purchasing her own farm when she turned 25. She discusses her second rescue and the latest rescue (Beau) another horse. They recently rescued Veda (meaning life)…

    Episode 7 – Arthur’s Acres – Todd Friedman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 39:33


    In this episode Todd Friedman tells the story of how Arthur’s Acres was started and talks about the animals he has rescued.   We discuss the dark side of animal agriculture, about different alternatives and options to meat products and the impact animal agriculture has…

    Episode 6 – Oliver and Friends Farm Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 37:17


    Jennie and Jason Hays, the founders of Oliver and Friends Farm Sanctuary, in Luther Oklahoma talk about the work they do and the animals they rescue. This animal sanctuary is run solely by volunteers. Jennie and Jason work at other jobs to support themselves and…

    Alyson Charles – Rock Star Shaman CALL TO ACTION special episode to support the Indigenous people in the Amazon Rainforest

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2019 34:27


    Alyson Charles, also known as Rockstar Shaman talks about trusted ways we can directly support the Indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest. She has worked and studied with Amazonian Master Shaman and Chief of the Ashaninka Tribe, Benki Piyako. He won U.N. award for his…

    Episode 5 – JP Farm Animal Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2019 36:49


    For this episode I visit Oscar and Lynn, the founders of JP Farm Sanctuary, to talk with them, and Oscar’s sister Britt about life on the farm and the wonderful work they are doing. We are in the living room of the gorgeous house they…

    Episode 4 Daniel Turbert – The Sentient Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 38:31


    Daniel Turbert with Millie at Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary. photography by Jonathan Brant

    Episode 3 with Jonathan Brant

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 29:57


    Episode 3 Jonathan Brant – from Maybee, Michigan  20 year old animal rights activist, artist, musician, writer. Jonathan is in starting his third year at Eastern Michigan University and is studying to become a teacher. Jonathan volunteers and interns at farm animal sanctuaries and works…

    Episode 2 Hope Spot Hatteras- (a sanctuary for marine animals) with Bonnie Monteleone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 1:01


    In this episode Bonnie Monteleone, co-founder of Plastic Ocean Project shares the story of how Hope Spot Hatteras was put on the map.  Through her own research and the research of UNCW students they were able to map where an abundance of diverse sea life…

    Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 0:56


    SANCTUARY TOUR – THE PODCAST EPISODE 1 In this episode I sit down at the picnic table by the goat pasture with Dr. Bill and Dr. Ellen Crain, the founders of Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary.  We discuss Dr. Bill Crain’s work and his book The…

    Sanctuary Tour – The Podcast – first episode coming soon!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019 0:31


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