SAGE MOUNTAIN
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Mission Statement
Founded in 2013, Sage Mountain is a 501(c3) non profit organization located 10 miles from Park City, Utah. We are both a sanctuary and an educational organization. Our sanctuary provides food, shelter, enrichment, and lifetime care for the ambassador animals who reside there. At that same time, we work within the Park City and Greater Salt Lake community to inspire others to reduce, if not eliminate animal based foods from their diets through educational programs and advocacy. All donations are tax deductible as allowed by law and 100% of your donations go towards improving our facility, care, education, and advocacy for the animals.
About This Cause
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” –Albert Einstein Founded in 2013, Sage Mountain is a 501(c3) nonprofit organization located 10 miles from Park City, Utah, and is Summit County’s first and only farmed animal welfare organization. Our small non profit is both a sanctuary and an educational organization. The driving force behind everything Sage Mountain does is the core belief that nothing will positively impact the planet, our health, and farmed animals more than eliminating animal-based foods from the human diet. We envision a time when Park City is one of the leading communities in policy change and action for a compassionate, healthy, and sustainable lifestyle. Our sanctuary provides food, shelter, enrichment, and lifetime care for a select number of ambassador animals. These ambassador animals will eventually represent a variety of species that are viewed in the agribusiness sector as commodities: chickens, cows, sheep, pigs, and goats. Our first two residents are a pair of pigs, PonyBoy and Wilma Jean, who will join our sanctuary in February from the Farm Sanctuary organization. At Sage Mountain, our ambassador animals will not only receive refuge and lifetime care, they will have the opportunity to educated others about the rich, emotional lives of farm animals. Since many of the residents of our community are no longer aware of where their food comes from, our ambassador animals will assist in broadening and strengthening that connection to re-ignite compassion for all beings and raise the question as to why we cherish some and consume others. After people learn a pig or cow’s story, they may potentially rearrange some of their previously held beliefs regarding where their food comes from and the impact it has on farmed animals, the planet, and our health. Through positive and informative interactions with incredibly beings like PonyBoy and Wilma Jean, we hope to show people the importance of choosing a plant-based lifestyle. In addition to our important work at the sanctuary, Sage Mountain works within the Park City and Greater Salt Lake community to inspire others to reduce, if not eliminate animal based foods from their diets through educational programs. One important branch of our educational programs is FoodPrint. FoodPrint Park City addresses the negative impact our existing food system and diets have on our health, our environment, and the billions of farmed animals being raised each year for human consumption. In turn, FoodPrint advocates for the widespread adoption of a whole foods plant-based diet in order to tackle these pressing, large-scale issues. FoodPrint strategically works with a variety of community partners to educate the public. Collaboration with these partners takes a variety of forms: working with the Park City School District to educate students about healthy eating, balanced diets, overall well-being and the impact their dietary choices have on the world around them; encouraging local restaurants to create menu options that highlight plant-based food; fostering support for local, plant-based food items grown within a 100 mile radius of the city in order to support farmers and limit the impact our food choices have on the environment; and developing plant-based workplace wellness programs for local businesses. Some of our most successful educational events to date are ones that allow individuals to learn about plant-based eating and the realities of animal agriculture. Our Thirsty First Thursday events take place during the first Thursday of each summer month, and bring together speakers from the vegan community, Condition One Virtual Reality, vegan food, and a variety of vegan and non-vegan members of the Park City, Salt Lake, and Ogden communities. On a typical Thirsty First Thursday, participants gather at a local restaurant or venue that has vegan options. There is a social hour with free vegan appetizers and a cash bar. Informational materials are available on topics such as plant protein, water usage in animal agriculture, and farm animal welfare. Then, one or two local speakers give talks in their areas of expertise. Last year, the speakers represented individuals from a range of backgrounds and experiences, including a cancer survivor who turned to plant-based eating for health, a juicing and nutritional coach, PETA’s sexiest vegan next door (who was also the first transman to win that title), an extreme vegan athlete who works at the Utah Avalanche Center, and vegan philanthropists. After the speakers, guests have the opportunity to meet the speakers, socialize, enjoy vegan food from the venue, and witness several different experiences in Condition One’s Virtual Reality program, which allows participants to see factory farm conditions in their a raw and undeniable reality. In addition to our Thirsty First Thursday events, we also participate in a variety of vegan and non-vegan community events, such as Salt Lake City’s VegFest and the Sundance Film Festival (through our partnership with Condition One Virtual Reality). As our sanctuary grows, our ability to provide more educational programming will increase as well. All donations are tax deductible as allowed by law and go towards building and opening the facility, care, education, and advocacy for the animals.