Chickens Just Want to Be Warm By Melanie Moonstone. Melanie is the founder of Rooster Redemption, a non-profit 501(c)(3) animal sanctuary...

We are honored to be featured in Not a Nugget, a short film made in summer 2022 by our friend Mark Middleton. It is about a chicken named...

Updated on April 1, 2025. Since last fall, HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza, aka H5N1) has continued to affect northern...

Skye let Tanya, our pet sitter, prepare her dinner and put Sophie the turkey to bed tonight while we were away!!! It's the biggest gift...

This vegan take on the traditional Italian dish tastes as though it's been perfected over generations. Ingredients (serve 8): * 1 lb...

3pm. We are on a zoom call with Abbie. I hear Sophie the turkey barking. I glance outside and see her all puffed up. Peter goes in the...

I took this picture of Skye without noticing the shadow of the chickens' fence on her face. I was going to delete it but the composition...

Yesterday, we had a crew of arborists working in our backyard. We've been postponing this tree work for a few years as we didn't know how...

We gave a cooking class hosted by Los Gatos library in collaboration with the Plant-Based Advocates . We created a savory plant-based...

Don't feel like cooking? A bit overwhelmed by your first plant-based holiday feast? No worries! Here are a few of the many plant-based...

Let this mouthwatering mushroom Wellington be the star attraction on our holiday table. A celebration of earth's wonders without harm....

This plant-based version of classic green bean casserole is the perfect holiday side dish. Ingredients (serves 6-8): * 2 lb green beans...

This is an excellent recipe by Brian Patton published in a VegNews Thanksgiving Cookbook . I added a few notes in italic . Ingredients...

Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction where an egg develops into an individual without being fertilized by a sperm. This...

Let’s talk about how baby chicks are made. Chickens reproduce sexually, meaning that they need a male and a female who combine their...

I always steamed artichokes until I had a roasted one. It's so much tastier and so simple to make that I never looked back. Ingredients...

OMG! This happened today! Skye is taking treats from Lidia! Two years after after the scary beep incident.

Four year ago, Skye was rescued from a dog meat farm and arrived to our home after a long journey. Today, we made pupcakes and celebrated...

In the last few days, we had to have two visits of strangers in our backyard. It's always a bit stressful as it's one of Skye's safe...

Chickens possess an intriguing ability that we humans don’t (one more!). They have a sleep phase called unihemispheric slow-wave sleep,...