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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 26, 2011) ­ Caralampio Lopez Garcia, a farmer in Mexico and a Heifer International project participant, is one of several farmers featured in the new documentary, "After the Harvest." The documentary, funded by the Coffee Trust with a grant from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., illuminates "los meses flacos" the thin months, when families are forced to eat less and less nutritious food, or to borrow against future earnings from coffee.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 25, 2011) – Jo Luck, President of Heifer International, was appointed recently by President Barack Obama to serve on the U.S. Agency for International Development's Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. The board advises USAID administrators on agricultural development priorities and issues as they relate to famine and hunger.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, (April 18, 2011) – Today is Tax Day and millions of Americans are filing their returns and reviewing their deductions from the past year.  Today is also an opportunity to plan for important tax deductions that will be claimed on 2011 taxes, and a donation to Heifer International is one simple way of helping families across the globe.  Heifer International is a non-profit organization that allows supporters to make a donation, via www.heifer.org, that will help a family in need of food, income and sustainability.

Kai Sutter, a first grader from Fruitville elementary in Sarasota, Fla. reminds us all of the power of giving.