I started with following the “adopt, don’t shop” rule for dogs and cats. Took in strays. Ever since I was young. I was passionate about animals, loving nature and beauty. Like the goddess Freyja. Fighting for what was worth fighting for: love. Animals give such pure and honest love.

As an adult, I finally got chickens. Soon after, I saw that there are a lot of people that get chickens and can’t handle them or their life changes or they just don’t want them. Those chickens came to me. Then the rabbits. The turkey being sold for thanksgiving? I bought it and she lives here now. Can’t keep your pigs? I guess I’ll take them…All in an urban setting!

I began to learn how these smaller farm animals are being sold alongside misinformation and being dumped when the truth came out. When the animals stopped being convenient or fashionable, people abandon them. My flock kept growing.

It became obvious we were a rescue. We kept fostering dogs, but it was the little farm animals that would come and stay. Time to register as a nonprofit. Freyja’s Friends Small Farm Animal Rescue and Sanctuary.

The next obvious step was to get some farmable land. We found it here in Lake Matthews, California. Finally, I could take in roosters and save their lives! Goats! No more zoning issues! There’s more space and, with time, there will be areas for ducks and more pigs and goats and whatever else people don’t want anymore.