Home › 2011

2011

Normalville couple sharing their knowledge of alpacas

Love brought Jennifer Gallentine from the city to live in the country. A desire to stay home and raise her baby turned her into a farmer and a textile artist -- and Willow Mist Acres Alpaca Farm & Boutique was borne.

Not only did the Gallentines bring NJ Atlantico's Sea Admiral to the school they also donated the fiber from the farm and materials for the students to make alpaca-needle felted magnets to sell during Lent. The students made and sold 62 magnets from which they raised $260 to donate to Heifer International, which works with communities all around the world to end hunger and poverty.

Northeast Organic Farming Association conference for 'anyone who eats'

Think “livestock to help poor countries” and what comes to mind? Probably not bees, worms and snails. Though they are not your everyday farm critters, they are among species John P. Perkins says will be included in workshops he will lead at the Northeast Organic Farming Association Summer Conference this weekend.

The 37th annual NOFA conference runs Aug. 12 through 14 at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and is open to the public. Perkins, of Worcester, is volunteer coordinator for Central Massachusetts for Heifer International at Overlook Farm in Rutland. He will present two workshops on Sunday, “Livestock for a Small Earth,” for adults, and “One Solution to World Hunger: Farm Animals,” for teens.

Arkansas Times Best of Arkansas 2011

Thank you to all the readers who voted Heifer International as a "runner up" for favorite charity and we congratulate Our House for being the Best of Arkansas 2011. 

Bio gas brought a new dawn in Mugisha's life

My Journey: Paul Mugisha

Bio gas provides enough energy for cooking and lighting

Paul Mugisha from Isingiro district has been a farmer for over 15 years, but much of his experience was limited to subsistence farming. “I used to grow crops to feed my family. I would then sell whatever was left, but there was never much left,” he says. Despite this, he stuck to farming, investing his savings in agriculture. His efforts paid off when he became a beneficiary of Heifer International’s support to farmers.

Chief Mushili Preaches Peace

Senior Chief Mushili of the Lamba people in Masaiti District has urged his subjects not to engage themselves in any form of violence as the country heads towards this year's tripartite elections.The chief was speaking through his clerk, Christopher Kaluba during the hand-over ceremony of 40 draft cattle and two bulls to Kaunga Women Group in Kafulafuta by Heifer International on Monday.

Heifer sprouts Seeds of Change initiative

Growing vegetables in the ground takes time, effort and dedication.  Yet energy focused on a single point, like the sun on a plant, can yield marvelous results.  At Heifer USA, that result is all about feeding the hungry.  Heifer USA's newest initiative, The Seeds of Change, is growing in new directions for locally grown food and its distribution in Arkansas. 

Pfizer Animal Health, Heifer International Collaborate to Support Community Farming

Nation’s leading animal health company focuses philanthropic efforts on helping U.S. families raise livestock

MADISON, N.J. - To help educate impoverished families in the United States about how to farm successfully, and to promote self-sufficiency and fight hunger, Pfizer Animal Health has made a $65,000 contribution to Heifer International—world renowned for its efforts to end poverty and protect the environment.

“We’re helping farmers establish themselves so they can provide a consistent and reliable supply of locally grown foods to the community,” said Michael McFarland, DVM, Diplomate ABVP, and Group Director of Veterinary Medical Services & Corporate Citizenship for Pfizer Animal Health. “The donation will go towards programs designed to help communities thrive long term.”

International pride: New Kemper Art Gallery display chronicles work of Heifer International

“My food for inspiration continues to be the Heifer International program of helping people to help themselves. I am impressed by how diverse communities, with the guidance of Heifer International veterinarians, agronomists and community organizers, work together to make barren land fertile, maintain healthy animals and respect the environment as renewable sources of food, energy and life,” LaDuke said.

Lessons learned in Honduras

April vacation is a past memory as kids and families alike prepare for summer vacations and get excited for school to come to an end. College students are coming home after many months of grueling assignments mixed with social events, both preparing them for the “real world” with the hopes of a bright and profitable future.

Meanwhile a group of 10 high school students can’t help but wonder, “What about our community in Honduras? What will the future look like for the friends we made?” During April vacation Wellesley students Anna Willms, Giselle Lehman, Louie Grignaffini, and A.J. Grignaffini traveled together with students and adults from Wellesley, Newton, Weston, Arlington, Plymouth and California through Heifer International Study Tours to work on a community project in Trinidad, Honduras.

Heifer expands mission by staying close to home

Heifer International, the Little Rock-based company known for its programs to help countries around the world, is starting a new program aimed at ending hunger and poverty here at home in 14 counties in Arkansas.

The five-year project, called The Seeds of Change Initiative, will start with a $2.25 million to help build sustainable community food systems in the Arkansas Delta and Appalachia.

Pages

Subscribe to 2011