It is absolutely FREE to visit us here at Ray of Light Farm! There is no admission fee. Please come visit us during our business hours, enjoy the day & fresh air! ​ Please read more about the exciting programs we have to offer.
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Enjoy, and hope to see you soon!
"Clean Out Your Closets"
We will start accepting donations October 31st! Last day to bring donations is November 10th.
We wish a Happy Veterans Day to all veterans, especially those in our Horse Feathers Veterans Program. We thank you for your service and respect you for all your sacrifices. Our Horse Feathers Program ends this month and we will return in late March, 2025. If you are interested in joining us, please contact us at HorseFeathers@rayoflightfarm.org.
We are asking for your help with costs associated with the purchase and care of these newest additions to Ray of Light Farm. We have created a new Facebook Fundraiser with an anticipated goal of $5000. Our old fundraiser raised $836 plus donations by personal check. Any amount would help. If you prefer to donate outside of Facebook, please click here .
Exciting News from the Horse Feathers Veterans Program
As you may know, the Horse Feathers Veterans Program is a veterans equine wellness program at Ray of Light Farm that has helped many veterans over the past seven years. We teach our vets how to drive horses in carts and wagons, so as to allow more physically challenged vets to fully participate in equine activities.
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Recently, we have lost two of our beloved driving equines: Sandy, our mule, passed away last year from cancer, and Biscuit, our beautiful Norwegian Fjord horse, unexpectedly passed away several months ago from an unrecoverable health event that no veterinary care could help. To continue our program, we need to purchase more driving horses.
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This past week, we traveled to upstate NY and found two beautiful, trained driving horses. They are of the Haflinger breed and are well suited to driving. They were rescued from a farm who rescued them from a slaughterhouse. Their names are Tina (12 yrs. old) and her son, Larry (7 yrs. old). Here's the heartbreaking part: Larry is COMPLETELY BLIND! Without the intervention of both Ray of Light Farm and the original farm that rescued him, he most certainly would have been put down and sold in the meat market.
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Although he is blind, Larry still drives beautifully, with his mother Tina acting as his seeing eye horse! Even with this disability, Larry still has a purpose which gives him a fulfilling life.
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If you would like to become a corporate sponsor, we would love to help.
Please contact us at info@rayoflightfarm.org or by calling 860-873-1895.
Book your Fabulous Fall Field Trip
Our field trips are for schools, day cares, group homes, senior centers, scout groups, etc. Two types of adventures are available:
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farm tour, wagon ride, guinea pig adventure, and goat feeding for $10.00 per person.
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wagon ride, guinea pig adventure, and goat feeding for $7.00 per person.
Bookings are available from Thursdays through Sundays. Minimum number of participants is 12. Call us at 860-873-1895 for more info.
Current Events​
Chris Irwin Clinics & Classes​​
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Nov 7-10 Equine Affaire at the Big E. Chris Irwin is a featured clinician.
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Nov 21-24
October 25th & 26th Not-So-Scary Halloween Drive-Thru
November 16th...Craft/Vendor Fair and Bake Sale (more info to follow)
We are open for daily programs by appointment--
Call us at 860-873-1895 Thursday through Sunday to schedule a booking
Learn more about many of our exciting programs by clicking the links below. There is something for EVERYONE!
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Mounted & Unmounted Horsemanship Programs
(When you place an order with Chewy.com through our Wish List, all brand new Chewy customer orders will earn Ray of Light an additional $15 referral bonus through Partnerize, an affiliate program with Chewy!)
We are open for daily programs by appointment--
Call us at 860-873-1895 Thursday through Sunday to schedule a booking
How much does it cost to visit the farm?"
Every year thousands of horses and donkeys are abandoned, abused or slaughtered. Ray of Light Farm serves as a safe haven for some of these animals by providing medical care, nutritious food, and retraining.
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Many of these beautiful animals are then adopted into loving homes. Some very special ones go on to serve humanity as therapy animals. Living out their lives as permanent farm residents, these animals provide a range of little miracles, from giving inspiration and encouragement to an autistic child, to being a gentle and non-judgmental soul for a person suffering or dying from illness.
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Ray of Light Farm is open to the public and its animals are available and happy to listen to anyone in need of a friend.
Worth saving...
The horses and donkeys at Ray of Light Farm have an assortment of stories.
Many, but not all, are nurse mare foals and premarin horses and foals. Here is a brief description of each.
Premarin Horses & Foals
(PMU including Prempro, Premphase, Prempac, and Premelle)
For the production of the drug premarin, horses are kept continually pregnant in order for their urine to be collected. When they can no longer reproduce quickly they are sent to the slaughterhouse. Their meat is then sold for human consumption or dog food.
Some foals from these horses are killed immediately after birth and some of the females will be raised to be "Premarin mares" and join the production line. Many will be sold and sent to feedlots to be fattened for slaughter.
Nurse Mare Foals
A nurse mare foal is a foal who was born so that its mother might come into milk. The milk that the nurse mare is producing is used to nourish the foal of another mare, a more “expensive” foal. Primarily these are thoroughbred foals, though certainly not limited to the thoroughbred industry. The nurse mares biological foal is then discarded.
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