By Amanda Loviza-Vickery

After relocating from a much smaller property in Willow, Woodstock Farm Sanctuary’s re-opening celebration was not quite a typical petting zoo or festival. Toddlers in cow T-shirts that said “Friends not Food” laughed as they pet a sheep with a prosthetic leg. Long lines snaked around food trucks with names like “Veggie Oasis” as families waited to buy meals of falafel, vegan burgers and frozen dairy-free desserts….

Activist and documentary director Marisa Miller Wolfson, who lives in New York City, said places like Woodstock Farm Sanctuary are great because they open visitors’ eyes to the lives of food animals, and people can learn why veganism is a positive lifestyle.

“Usually when they have an experience like this, it sets them on a different path, or at least a different way of thinking,” said Wolfson, who has been vegan for 13 years. >> MORE