 
What Is a Sustainable Food System?
By Heifer International | October 29, 2025
Across fields and kitchens, farmers everywhere are reimagining how the world grows and shares food to nourish people, strengthen communities and restore the planet.
 
By Heifer International | October 29, 2025
Across fields and kitchens, farmers everywhere are reimagining how the world grows and shares food to nourish people, strengthen communities and restore the planet.
 
By Gaurisha Malhotra | September 17, 2025
Human development occurs at a rapid pace in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, making it a period of immense possibility and risk. Learn about the causes and impact of malnutrition during this critical window of opportunity.
 
By Aimée Knight and Gaurisha Malhotra | August 20, 2025
Agricultural cooperatives enable individual farmers to operate as a collective agribusiness, driven by values of solidarity and reciprocity. Facilitating their formation underpins Heifer’s work to end global hunger and poverty.
 
Aimée Knight and Cesar Sanchez
July 21, 2025
 
By Heifer International | June 3, 2025
During Senegal’s lean season, demand for sheep peaks. A Heifer-supported initiative is helping smallholder farmers improve production and build food self-sufficiency.
 
By Oscar Castaneda | May 21, 2025
Understanding where your food comes from can shape healthier diets, better livelihoods and a more sustainable planet.
 
By Heifer International | March 19, 2024
Through Heifer Uganda’s Jinnai Dairy Development project, Lucy overcame many adversities, such as water scarcity and financial challenges, ultimately increasing her farm’s productivity to secure a better future for her family.
 
By Emilee Wessel | November 2, 2023
From seed to supper, this visual ode to smallholder farmers showcases the community ties, skills and market savvy that turn harvests into nourishment and financial growth.
 
By Heifer International | October 6, 2023
Untangle the complexities of global hunger and food insecurity, why they persist and how Heifer is making a difference.
 
By Flavia Nalubega | September 22, 2023
Heifer Uganda’s L4AB project is revolutionizing agriculture and creating youth opportunities in Northern Uganda, guaranteeing income and food security.
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