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Ellen and Portia recently learned about an incredible organization called The Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita, California. It is home to 120 farm animals that have been rescued from abuse. It's a place where they are cared for and rehabilitated. But it's not just animals that The Gentle Barn is helping -- the organization hosts at-risk and special needs kids and uses the animals as teachers, healers, friends and heroes.

The Gentle Barn helps kids and animals survive using forgiveness, trust, love and courage. It is an amazing organization that believes in one of the most important qualities: compassion.

You can learn more about The Gentle Barn on their website, where you can find out how to bring an educational group or support the organization. Also check out this heartwarming video of The Gentle Barn reuniting a calf with its mother.

You've heard Ellen talk about all the healthy food she makes with fresh vegetables, but have you wondered where she gets them?

Ellen is a part of the Tierra Miguel Foundation's Home Veggie Delivery. It's called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), in which people sign up to get weekly boxes of fresh, organic vegetables from a local farm. Ellen loves the produce she gets because they use sustainable growing practices -- which means the food is healthier and tastier. Plus, it's grown nearby and brought directly to her, so it's fresher than you'll find in the grocery store. How can you go wrong with that?

Find out more about the Tierra Miguel Foundation and how you can be a part of the CSA by visiting their website. While their service is available only to people in certain areas of Southern California, there are CSAs all across the country. Go to the Local Harvest website to find one near you.

You know the book "Skinny Bitch" (and if you don't, you should check it out!). It got me thinking about what I was eating. It even helped me switch to a healthier and more compassionate diet. After I talked with authors Kim Barnouin and Rory Freedman on the show, millions have since read it and it's changed their lives.

The book is a great start, but what happens after you read it? Kim has your answer -- sign up for "Healthy Bitch Daily." It's a daily email guide full of tips and advice to help women make big changes, little by little.

To learn more, check out the "Healthy Bitch Daily" website. You can also learn more on my Ellen's Life Page.

The Humane Society of the United States is the largest and most effective animal protection organization. They work tirelessly to help protect animals; from working to stop animal abuse, to working with companies to end animal testing, to serving as the lead disaster relief agency for animals.

www.humanesociety.org/

www.bestfriends.org

The PCRM is a non-profit organization of doctors and laypersons working together for compassionate and effective medical practice, research and health promotion.

www.pcrm.org

www.farmsanctuary.org

http://www.rockyridgerefuge.com/

www.peta.org