Herbivorous Acres

It's Give to the Max day 2024! Herbivorous Acres is a 501c3 nonprofit farm sanctuary that prevents cruelty, abuse, and neglect to farmed animals. We provide a safe place for animals to live out their lives with well-deserved peace and dignity.  Herbivorous Acres strives to make a lasting and compassionate impression on the lives of farmed animals through rescue, rehabilitation, and education. We work tirelessly to show people that farmed animals have personalities and the will to live, just like our pets. 

Herbivorous Acres has called Scandia, MN home since 2018. We currently provide a permanent home to 3 goats, 4 ducks, Tony the rooster and his ladies, Chikala and Dot, our rescue steer Hot Wheels, and our two pigs Zeus and Hoggle. 

We recently hosted our third annual Fall Farm Festival! It was a highlight watching our community engaging with our animal family and experience how much our rescues have to offer as someone, not something. Herbivorous Acres Farm Sanctuary not only benefits the lives of farmed animals, but also shows the community that by embracing a plant-based diet, we can improve our health, help the environment, and save the animals. 

This year's fundraising goal aims to cover upcoming and previous costs of the sanctuary. 2024 has been the hardest year financially that we have ever gone through. Donations have decreased significantly and we haven't been able to open our doors to new rescues almost all year. Vet costs, feed, supplies and utilities have also increased and we have had to pull back on rescues in order to maintain sustainability. We always provide the best possible vet care to our rescues that we can, and that will never change, regardless of the cost. We need your help to rebuild our medical fund that is the lowest it's ever been, as well as cover the day-to-day costs. Our current and future rescues depend on the same level of care. 

Winter is also on our heels so we have many expenses to keep the animals safe in this colder weather. We have had to officially turn on the water heaters, as well as start providing more bedding and warming shelters! Your support ensures that each of our animals lives the healthy and happy life that they deserve. We really need your help to raise the funds to continue this life-saving work.  Give today and support our current and future residents! 

Below is a list of how your donation helps our rescue family:

$10 covers the cost of a bag of shavings for bedding

$25 covers the cost of 1 bag of grain

$50 covers the cost of a new water heater for the animals

$75 covers the cost of the bi-annual vaccines for one resident

$100 covers the cost of a farm visit from our vet

$150 covers the cost of one 1,000 lb bale of hay

$350 covers one month of animal feed for all our residents

$1000 covers the initial cost of an emergency vet visit to the U of M 

$7,500 replenishes the medical care fund to continue to provide the best vet care possible