Sweet Olive Farm a haven for animals, volunteerism

  • Volunteers dump buckets of food over a fence for pigs at Sweet Olive Farm in Winterville. The farm receives food donations from stores such as Trader Joe's to feed the animals. (Elena Westbury/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Volunteers dump buckets of food over a fence for pigs at Sweet Olive Farm in Winterville. The farm receives food donations from stores such as Trader Joe's to feed the animals. (Elena Westbury/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Kat Howkins, co-founder of Sweet Olive Farm, speaks to a group of volunteers recently. Folks can volunteer at the farm from 9 a.m.-noon every Saturday (Elena Westbury/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Kat Howkins, co-founder of Sweet Olive Farm, speaks to a group of volunteers recently. Folks can volunteer at the farm from 9 a.m.-noon every Saturday (Elena Westbury/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Horses line up for their morning feed on a recent Saturday. There are approximately 250 animals at Sweet Olive Farm. (Elena Westbury/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Horses line up for their morning feed on a recent Saturday. There are approximately 250 animals at Sweet Olive Farm. (Elena Westbury/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Kat Howkins, co-founder of Sweet Olive Farm, fills her truck and wagons with food buckets to take across the street to the farm. Sweet Olive Farm was founded in 2010 and became a non-profit organization in 2015. (Elena Westbury/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Kat Howkins, co-founder of Sweet Olive Farm, fills her truck and wagons with food buckets to take across the street to the farm. Sweet Olive Farm was founded in 2010 and became a non-profit organization in 2015. (Elena Westbury/The Oglethorpe Echo)

    Goats, roosters and pigs roam freely on the hilly terrain as they wait for their morning feed at Sweet Olive Farm. 

     

    The Winterville farm, which was founded in 2010, is a nonprofit animal san…