Jenny Brown

A devastating fire has claimed the lives of 20 animals and completely destroyed Sanctuary Farm Everlasting Care. Founder of Woodstock Sanctuary, Jenny Brown, sends her condolences and hope to the Sanctuary Farm as they work to rebuild.
Animal lover, Jody Bart, suffered an immeasurable loss when a fire ravaged through her Amherst county home. She rushed to the scene to discover her house “totally engulfed” in flames. But that wasn’t even half of it. The devastating fire also took the lives of ...

Vegan Educator and Woodstock Sanctuary co-founder, Jenny Brown taps into a curious conversation surrounding the success of Israeli company, Redefine Meat.
As plant-based meat alternatives continue to rise in popularity, companies are stretching their thinking caps over some creative combinations… In Kidron, Israel, one unique company is enjoying quite the success with their own 3D-printed vegan ‘meat.’ Selling out of their first 1,000 services in just five hours, the debut was a smashing succ...

A vegan education community, web-based supermarket and plant-based lifestyle brand is set to launch operations in Israel! PlantX is already available online and in brick-and-mortar shops in North America. Jenny Brown, vegan educator, talks the announcement of the brand’s next grand opening:
From ecommerce to local brick-and-mortar and then across the border, PlantX is on a mission to nourish the world! Initially launched online, the vegan lifestyle company has since gone international. PlantX...

Now a touring Vegan Educator, her days on the farm are behind her. But without and its roots would have never come to be…
Jenny Brown, Woodstock Sanctuary Co-founder
Planting the Seeds
After completing a documentary project on downed animals in 2003, Jenny Brown’s focus was invigorated in a way that revolutionized the course of her career. Compelled to do something to protect the animal victims of factory farming and other cruelties, Jenny made the bold decision to leave her blossoming career...

Revered for her work with Woodstock Sanctuary, Jenny Brown, Animal Rights Activist, is a fierce advocate for the protection of animals. Now, as a published author and vegan lecturer, Jenny is doing her part to fight back against factory farming through educational efforts.
Growing up in a conservative, Southern Baptist family in Kentucky, Jenny Brown’s relationship with animals was far from what it is today. Like the average Kentuckians, Jenny and her family didn’t give much thought to the an...

, has been dedicated to shining a spotlight on plant-based living for most of her life. Inspired by her own firsthand experience in uncovering the horrors of factory farming, Jenny aims to educate others about the positive effects of veganism through her writing and public speaking.
Jenny Brown Vegan Education
Turning tragedy into her life’s purpose…
In 1980, Jenny Brown’s life was changed forever. At just ten years young, Jenny was diagnosed with bone cancer, which resulted in a leg amputati...

Jenny Brown is the co-founder of Woodstock Sanctuary. True to its name, Woodstock Sanctuary is a farm sanctuary for animals who have been rescued from abuse. Inspired by her own story as a cancer survivor and amputee, Jenny initially set the Sanctuary’s focus on taking in rescued farm animals who have physical disabilities. Her esteem in the animal community has afforded her unique opportunities to pair several of the Sanctuary’s animals with custom fit prosthetics and other devices that aid ...

Jenny Brown is the co-founder of Woodstock Sanctuary, a farm dedicated to improving the lives of animals rescued from factory farming and other cruelties against animals. An advocate for animal rights and plant-based living, Jenny tours colleges and universities in an effort to educate others about veganism. Be sure to check out Jenny Brown's official memoir, 'The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals,' which details her unique experiences as an animal rights activist and vegan edu...

Jenny Brown Woodstock Sanctuary

Animals rescued from the cruelties of factory farming have endured more hardships and pain than most might imagine. Through her work at Woodstock Sanctuary, Jenny Brown was incredibly thankful for the opportunity to truly enrich the lives of the animals she rescued.

In 2004, Jenny Brown co-founded Woodstock Sanctuary with fellow animal rights activist and vegan, Doug Abel. Together, the pair set out to provide animals rescued from the food production and factor...

On Wednesday, Nov. 1, Jenny Brown, a full-time lecturer and animal rights activist visited Frostburg State University (FSU) to deliver her speech, “More Than Meats the Eye.”
Dr. Daniel Moorehead, an associate professor of sociology at FSU, teaches a course called “Animals in Human Society.” Moorehead is also the author of the book, “Animals In Human Society: Amazing Creatures Who Share Our Planet.” Brown stumbled upon Moorehead’s book online before contacting him in regards to her lecture tou...

On September 26, members of the University of Redlands community gathered to hear animal rights activist Jenny Brown speak on her path to veganism. Brown is the author of The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight For Farm Animals (Avery, 2012) and co-founder of Woodstock Farm Sanctuary in High Falls, New York, where she and her husband, along with their staff members, rescue and care for animals that have escaped industrial animal farming.
“Jenny Brown has built Woodstock Farm into one of the count...

Jenny Brown is the co-founder and director of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, an Upstate New York fairytale home to hundreds of rescued farmed animals. In a new book titled The Lucky Ones, Jenny tells the heartwarming story of her transition from a documentary film professional to a tireless advocate for farmed animals. MFA was lucky enough to speak with Jenny about her exciting new book, the important work of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, and her brave mission as an undercover investigat...

Many years ago, while studying in France, I visited an outdoor market. Up till then, vegetarianism was to me a quirky habit: farm animals were for eating. But when I witnessed chickens, rabbits, and other gentle creatures caged and trembling with fear, seeming to know only too well what was about to happen to them, it was a transformative moment. Since then, I’ve become a vegetarian.
This makes me an ideal audience for The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals. But nonvegetarians s...

As a 10-year-old girl, Jenny Brown was diagnosed with bone cancer. And after four months of intensive chemotherapy that left her exhausted and in tears, her doctors delivered nearly unbearable news: They'd have to amputate her right leg. She survived the ordeal, she says now, because of the the companionship of her beloved cat, Boogie. And she paid forward her love of and compassion for animals by opening Woodstock Farm Sanctuary more than 10 years ago.
On Sept. 5, the farm reopens at a new l...