Sosie Bacon

Sosie Bacon Instagram – 🌼 For the second year in a row, RTF founder Neda DeMayo has assembled a small panel at the Environmental Media Association’s Impact Summit to highlight the value and success of equines as part of regenerative holistic land management … both on sanctuary land and as a solution to sensitive ecosystems on private and public lands.

Neda will be presenting at the @green4ema event on Friday in West Hollywood, Calif., alongside renowned expert Rodger Savory. This year, global authority Alejandro Carrillo will be joining them!

Actor, director and activist @sosiebacon will moderate the panel.

“What Neda has created with Return to Freedom moves me deeply — the way she protects wild horses, honors their bonds, and fights for their freedom is everything I believe in,” Bacon said. “Preserving genetic diversity, respecting wild behaviors, and advocating for minimally intrusive management fosters regenerative agriculture, restoring balance, resilience, and long-term health to our shared ecosystems.

“RTF is a large part of what our future could look like on public lands — a future that would mutually benefit humans and animals.”

Under the guidance of Savory and Carrillo, we have implemented new grazing practices at our San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary, revitalizing nearly 1,000 acres of grassland.

We carefully herd the horses across the land to emulate what would happen when there were endless grasslands and diverse grazing mammals and predators that kept herds moving.

We partner with @calpoly rangeland management students to help with projects including dispersing native grass seed and soil testing.

This year, we are implementing regenerative grazing at our Lompoc, Calif., headquarters, thanks to a generous pollinator grant from the Cochuma Resource Conservation District.

🌼 To learn more about our grazing project, see the video in our bio.

Photos : @lorisortino, Cindy Harrison, @cjwallace_wildpix

#wildhorses #regenerativegrazing #wildhorseconservation #savewild #nonprofit #horse #sanctuary #sanluisobispo #sustainability #environment | Posted on 07/May/2025 23:40:46