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Gene Baur 

Smiling adult man (Gene Baur) leaning his head against a light brown-and-white cow, sitting near a wooden fence in a sunny farm shelter with trees in the background

Gene Baur is a best-selling author, activist, and cofounder and president of Farm Sanctuary, America’s leading farm animal protection organization. Baur was instrumental in passing the first US laws prohibiting inhumane animal confinement and continues working on systemic food industry reforms. Baur has been hailed as “the conscience of the food movement” by Time magazine and named one of Oprah Winfrey’s SuperSoul 100 Givers.

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Collage of a yellow VW van floating above green fields with a sheep standing on its roof, cows, chickens, a pig, a moonlit sky, a blue butterfly, a sign reading ‘FARM SANCTUARY’ and a small label 'DO NO HARM’.
Gene Baur: Protectors All Around Us
The cofounder of Farm Sanctuary on transforming anger and saving lives
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