We’re Not Done Yet.

For five years, Tennessee Cow Rescue has been my life.

What began with one little cow named Elizabeth grew into a sanctuary, a rescue, a home, a community, and the most demanding and meaningful work I have ever done.

And now, that chapter is coming to an end.

But Tennessee Cow Rescue is not done.

We are currently closing our direct rescue and sanctuary operations. Our larger cows are being transitioned, and we are working carefully to make sure every animal receives the next home and care they deserve.

It is a big change. But it is not the end of the mission.

The work is changing

For years, I have asked myself what I could do to have an even greater impact on farmed animals.

There are millions of farmed animals whose lives will never intersect with a rescue organization.

We cannot rescue our way out of the systems that cause animals to suffer. We have to change the systems, too.

That is where Right Farming begins.

Right Farming will become Tennessee Cow Rescue's farmed animal advocacy initiative, focusing on education, public awareness, farmer and community engagement, and policy advocacy.

We will speak up against factory farming, confinement, cruelty, neglect, starvation, abuse, and practices that cause animals unnecessary suffering.

We will help consumers better understand what they are purchasing when they buy meat, dairy, leather, and other animal products.

And we will engage with the farming community because I believe that meaningful change happens when we move the needle rather than simply shouting at people from the other side of the room.

I believe in small incremental change

I am an animal rights advocate. I am vegan. I believe the long-term future should involve dramatically fewer animals being bred, raised, and killed for human use, and ultimately, I believe animal farming should end.

I have spent years talking with farmers, learning about agriculture, and seeing firsthand how complicated these issues are.

I don't believe we turn the tractor by jerking the wheel.

We turn it gradually.

We challenge the worst practices.
We improve conditions for animals today.
We educate consumers.
We engage farmers.
We advocate for stronger protections.
We make plant-based choices more accessible.
We keep moving the conversation in the right direction.

And eventually, the direction of the traction can look very different from where it started.

That is what Right Farming is about.

And yes, it’s a change for me, too

There is another part of this transition that I think deserves to be said honestly.

For almost six years, I have operated Tennessee Cow Rescue as a full-time, unpaid job. I have given everything I could to the animals and to this organization. But I am only one person.

I need to be able to work, earn an income, take care of myself, and build something I can sustain long term.

Direct rescue and sanctuary work is extraordinarily expensive, physically demanding, emotionally draining, and completely consuming.

Advocacy gives me the opportunity to continue working for farmed animals in a way that is more sustainable, manageable, and financially realistic for me as the founder. And that matters. Because if the person doing the work burns out or cannot afford to keep doing it, the work doesn't continue.

I don't want to walk away from our animals, but I needed to find a new way to make a difference.

We're closing, but we're not done.

The next few months will still be about the rescue. We have animals to care for. We have transitions to complete. We have loose ends to tie up. And we have a lot of work ahead before this chapter is officially finished. But alongside that work, we're building the foundation for what comes next.

Tennessee Cow Rescue will become more than the place where animals were rescued.

It will carry forward what those animals taught us.

Right Farming will be our next chapter.

• A chapter about advocacy.

• A chapter about education.

• A chapter about changing minds, changing practices, and changing systems.

The physical rescue is closing. The work isn't.

More than rescue. A new way forward. To learn more about our farmed animal advocacy work, visit our page, Right Farming.

Please consider DONATING to support our advocacy work.

*Little, the sheep, Stormin Stevie, our micro mini bull calf, Akiva and Samara, the livestock guardian dogs, our chickens and roo, the farm cats, and Faith, our born blind Holstein heifer, will remain here at the rescue.

We remain available to help within our community as needed for farm animal cases and emergencies.