Our story

OUR MISSION

Rescue. Rehabilitate. Educate.

Green Pastures gives neglected and at-risk horses a second chance. On our ranch in Emmett, Idaho, we rescue horses in need, restore their health and trust through patient care and training, and find them homes where they'll thrive.

Just as important, we teach. Through open-barn days, workshops and our ranch journal, we help our neighbors learn responsible horse ownership, animal welfare and good care of the land — so fewer horses need rescuing in the first place.

MEET THE FOUNDER

Yen Lee

Founder & Director

Yen Lee didn't grow up on a ranch. He's an Ivy League graduate who taught himself to farm and ranch: learning to rope, ride, train horses and run cattle through hard work and a lot of early mornings. Today, through Yen Lee Farming, he works horses like Dingo and Turbo across the Gem County hills. He knows what a good horse can give you, and how much a horse depends on the person who cares for it.

When Yen talks about why he started Green Pastures, he keeps it simple:

“Those horses need me. It's my mission.”

Too many horses in Idaho end up neglected, unwanted, or with nowhere left to go. Yen decided he wasn't going to look away. So he started building a place for them.

Green Pastures sits on 20 acres in Emmett, and Yen is building it largely by hand. He's setting fence posts before the ground freezes, running water lines below the frost line to every paddock, and raising a hay barn beside 5 acres of hay field. When it's ready, it will be a place where at-risk horses can heal, learn to trust people again, and find homes where they'll be loved.

Built by hand. Made with love. That's Yen's mission, and it's the heart of Green Pastures.