Gene Baur





Gene Baur

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Gene Baur grew up in Hollywood, California and worked in television, film and commercials, including some for McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants. Today, he campaigns to raise awareness about the negative consequences of industrialized factory farming and our cheap food system. He lives in rural New York state and is the co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, America's leading farm animal protection organization. Gene holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from California State University Northridge and a master’s degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University.

After volunteering and working with various environmental and human rights causes, Gene turned his attention to animal agriculture. He has conducted hundreds of...more


Average rating: 4.20 · 367 ratings · 69 reviews · 1 distinct work
Farm Sanctuary: Changing He...
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February 2010, Gene Baur
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? GB: A continual effort to grow and evolve. SS: What is your motto or maxim? GB: Not all the darkness in the world can put out the light of a single candle. Get more on Gene Baur at Sim..." ...More

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“The sixteen hundred dairies in California’s Central Valley alone produce more waste than a city of twenty-one million people-that’s more than the populations of London, New York, and Chicago combined.”
Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food



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