Trashed Ipswich Community Farm Gifted Seedlings, Vegan Groceries From PETA
For Immediate Release:
April 17, 2026
Contact:
Andrew Grant 202-483-7382
After vandals destroyed $20,000 worth of seedlings at the Three Sisters Garden Project, a non-profit farm in Ipswich that grows food for neighbors in need, PETA supporters will deliver baskets packed with some replacement seedlings, along with shelf-stable tofu, grains, beans, oat milk, and other nutritious and delicious vegan staples to help the organization recover and continue serving the community.
Where: Three Sisters Garden Project, 2 Washington St. (at the corner with Depot Square), Ipswich
When: Tuesday, April 21, 12 noon
“Everyone deserves access to fresh, healthy, and animal-friendly vegan food,” says PETA Founder Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA is honored to support Three Sisters’ mission and hopes this donation helps them get back to serving the community.”
Cows develop friendships over time, chickens form complex social structures, pigs show empathy for other pigs who are happy or distressed, and fish have long memories and sing to each other—but in today’s meat, egg, and dairy industries, the animals are raised in filthy, crowded conditions and violently killed.
Each person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 animals every year. Many vegan foods—including pasta, rice, tofu, and beans—cost significantly less than meat made from animals, and can feed far more people. In addition to saving money at the grocery store, vegans are also less likely to suffer from cancer, heart disease, diabetes, strokes, and obesity, which can help prevent high medical bills in the future. PETA’s free vegan starter kit is filled with tips to help anyone looking to make the switch.
PETA has a history of providing vegan groceries to people in need—most recently, by delivering suitcases filled with vegan groceries and household goods to unpaid TSA agents at airports across the country during the government shutdown.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
