Graybloom Farm Sanctuary

01/12/2026

Nissa is the first resident we took in at GFS. She arrived in April 2022 when we were notified that she had been abandoned in a small enclosed area by her owner. From our first interaction, Nissa has always been a very trusting and kind individual. While she enjoys interactions, Nissa mostly prefers her alone time, where we usually find her lounging in her bed of hay or in a warm, sunny spot along the fence.

If you’re not vegan, please go vegan and stop viewing Nissa and other nonhuman animals as things to be consumed, worn, domesticated, sold, hunted, etc., as they, like every sentient being, value their life even if no one else does.

01/05/2026

A common question we receive when people find out we are vegan is “What about being a vegetarian or about reducing the use of animal products?”

Graybloom Farm Sanctuary does not promote anything less than abolitionist veganism. Vegetarians, like other nonvegans, use the bodies or existence of nonhuman animals as a resource to extract products to consume, wear, entertain, etc. They participate in the commodification of nonhumans and view them as objects to use for their own purpose. While vegans reject all forms of animal use, vegetarians are just selective in their animal use.

Like vegetarians, reducing one's use of nonhuman animals is still participating in the commodification of nonhuman animals and violating their right not to be property.

Since we've been vegan, we’ve seen others, including individuals and organizations that claim to be vegan, advocate for reducing/using fewer animal products for a day, a month, etc., promote veganism as a diet, and celebrate individuals who have reduced their participation in animal use. However, if we take veganism and animal rights seriously, we should see that celebrating and advocating for individuals to reduce their speciesism for a day, a month, etc., is similar to celebrating and advocating for individuals to reduce their participation in discrimination against other humans for their race, national origin, s*x, gender identity, s*xual orientation, etc., for only a day, month, etc.

When rights violations are present in the human context, we would never advocate for individuals to reduce their violence or discrimination towards others over abolishing their violence or discrimination towards others, so to do it in the nonhuman animal context is speciesist.

Veganism is a philosophy of justice and peace; the recognition and respect of the basic moral right of nonhuman animals not to be used as property, because they are sentient beings with moral value, and a peace movement that opposes violence against all sentient beings. We believe vegans should be advocating veganism as a moral baseline. To advocate for less than veganism is to betray nonhuman animals and animal rights. To promote veganism as a challenge, journey, diet, health benefit, etc., strips veganism of its principles of peace and justice for all sentient beings and doesn’t center the victims of injustice.

If individuals who are not vegan unfortunately decide they would rather reduce their use of nonhuman animals than go vegan, then that is their choice, but vegans shouldn’t be the ones promoting the rights violations of nonhuman animals as a morally good thing or reducing the meaning of veganism from being about peace and justice to being a diet, challenge, health benefit, journey, etc.

01/03/2026

12/24/2025

Veterans demand the withdrawal of U.S. armada from the Caribbean and call on military personnel to refuse illegal orders.

11/24/2025

We are honored when other animals trust us enough to share moments with them.

No matter the size or species of a sentient being, their lives matter to them, so we should respect their existence. Go vegan.

11/17/2025

Claudio is showing his excitement for pumpkins.

We are grateful to be able to provide a home to Claudio and other nonhuman animals, where their rights will be respected.

While we and other vegan sanctuaries can provide a small number of nonhuman animals a barrier from the injustice of a nonvegan world that views their existence as an object to own, we know that sanctuaries are not the solution to ending the use of Claudio and other nonhuman animals. The solution to abolishing the use of nonhuman animals is veganism. Usually, when people hear the word vegan, they think of a diet, but being vegan is more than just what you eat. We see veganism as a philosophy of justice and peace; the recognition and respect of the basic moral right of nonhuman animals not to be used as property because they are sentient beings who have moral value and a peace movement that opposes violence against all sentient beings. Vegans reject using nonhuman animals for food, clothing, entertainment, or any other purpose, to the extent practicable because these actions violate their fundamental right of not being property. Speciesism on the other hand is injustice for nonhuman animals and our discriminatory behavior towards them because they are a different species.

So, if you are not vegan, but you genuinely care about and want to help save the lives of nonhuman animals, the most critical thing you can do for nonhumans is not donating money or time to animal organizations, promoting “compassionate” animal use, or reducing your animal use, but stopping your participation in their commodification by going vegan and respecting their right not to be property.
If you are vegan, trying to convince others to go vegan, donating to and volunteering at sanctuaries, and adopting are all ways to help nonhuman animals.
However, when it comes to advocating for nonhuman animals and people being vegan, we mustn’t promote better treatment of nonhuman animals when using them or “humane” ways to violate their rights (animal welfare), as this only further entrenches speciesism and their property status. Instead, we should be advocating for veganism as a moral baseline to bring about respect for nonhuman animals' rights and the abolition of all nonhuman animal use, and a vegan world that embraces nonviolence towards all sentient beings, regardless of species, race, s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity, etc.