Earth Animal Donates Funds For New Animal Barn At Wakeman Town Farm

Press release from Earth Animal:

Sept. 29, 2022

Earth Animal, a complete pet health food center offering all-natural products for dogs and cats has provided the funding for the construction of a new animal barn at Wakeman Town Farm, a sustainable working farm and environmental education center. The newly completed barn will serve as additional shelter for the Farm’s animals, feed storage and veterinary care space.
Earth Animal raised $20,000 through an in-store sales promotion called The Little Barn Project, with a percentage of store sales going to the farm in addition to selling Wakeman Town Farmmerchandise. Over six months, Earth Animal raised enough money from its loyal customers and then matched it, achieving the monetary goal to build the new barn.

“My sister Abbey and I visited Wakeman Town Farm and fell in love with the farm and all that it does for the community, the animals, children, families and their dedicated sustainability mission,” said Merritt Goldstein of the Goldstein family who owns and operates Earth Animal. “From that moment, we asked what we could do for the farm and began supplying food for the animals. We quickly realized that the existing animal barn was very run down and needed to be rebuilt,” she said.

“We are sincerely grateful for the support of Earth Animal and appreciate their grand donation and fundraising campaign for our new barn,” said Nicole Gerber, Wakeman Town Farm Committee. “Partnerships with synergistic organizations like Earth Animal can continue to grow the Farm and provide community outreach and sustainability education across all age groups.”
Paul Harris of Cole Harris Associates who designed Earth Animal’s new store in Westport, provided the architectural design for the project. Pavel Jansa of Fix 2 Sell Realty served as the general contractor.

“It was an amazing journey, and our hearts are filled that the animals have a new home. Earth Animal is immensely proud of this project and truly hopes to do more with Wakeman Town Farm in the future,” said Goldstein.

Since 1979, Earth Animal of Westport has been dedicated to preserving and enhancing quality of life for animals, people, and the Earth. Sustainability has been at the heart of the company from its beginning and dedicates 1% of its annual net sales to help pioneer a more sustainable future.

Wakeman Town Farm is an environmental education center and sustainable working farm. With historical ties to the Town of Westport, Wakeman Town Farm was a thriving agricultural component of the local community for three generations. Today the 2.5-acre farm property serves as a community hub including a multi-purpose center with a luxury farmhouse event kitchen, organic produce and flower fields, and farm animals. Through a dedicated core of volunteers, the non-profit entity provides a range of programs, activities, and events for all ages to learn about organic farming, sustainability, and homesteading.

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