sanctuary at sho

LivingFuture Foundation has been researching how and if sanctuary animals, along with wildlife, can become integral partners within regenerative food systems.

A duck recovering from surgery
We set up an ICU in our basement one winter, and this girl is doing great!

In 2015 LivingFuture Foundation established Sanctuary at SHO by adopting a flock of 116 ducks from a local, organic rice farm that were headed for slaughter.

Thus was born our initiative to change our own relationship to domesticated animals, previously “used” as livestock.

How to establish lifelong relationship to animals in the context of a perennial, plant-based, resilient food system?

As the world collectively scrutinizes its relationship to animals in the food systems of the future, we need more examples of longevity, resilience, and ethics involved in their care. How to transform this relationship?

farm transformation

Using our years of research and our capacity to understand plant-livestock-wildlife interactions, we are equipped to help farms transition from animal to plant-centered systems from a position of experience, years of trial-and-error, and a view toward the longevity and cost of various strategies.

sanctuary transformation

We help sanctuaries set up habitat and forage plantings that can help enhance the well-being of their animals, off-set food costs and reduce the damage that supplemental tillage crop feeds cause to soil ecology, wildlife habitats, and resident animals (mice, voles, birds, snakes, frogs, toads).