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From Rainforest to Cup: Celebrate the Farmers Behind Your Holiday Spices
Eggs: More Than Just a Simple Snack
Eggs are packed with all kinds of proteins and vitamins to keep us healthy. But these nutrient powerhouses are also a sustainable food, key to...
How Heifer Prevents Zoonotic Diseases, Improves Animal Well-Being
Now a full year into the pandemic, mitigating the risk of animal-to-human disease transmission is more important than ever – and this effort is...
Breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy: One Family’s Gender Reckoning
After joining a Heifer India project in 2013, Panchu Devi learned to write — and to rethink, together with her family, long-held beliefs about...
Heifer Ecuador Banks on Family Farming to Fend Off Malnutrition
While COVID-19 remains at the forefront of the global conversation, another emergency — malnutrition — persists in Ecuador. Heifer believes...
Creating Economic Opportunity in the Northern Triangle: Breaking Down Barriers to Stimulate Recovery
A new Center for Strategic and International Studies report recommends the U.S. government prioritize reforms that reduce the barriers to growth...
‘You Learn From the Setbacks’: Kenyan Youth Weather Pandemic Together
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenyan poultry farmer Victor Odero and community vaccinator Calvin Swaga are honing their skills, expanding their...
Guatemalan Spice Farmers Forge Path to Fair Pay
While companies, traders and intermediaries extract profit from cardamom, producers struggle to get by. Heifer Guatemala's Green Business Belt...
Announcing the Champions of the Inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge
Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu and Jehiel Oliver won Heifer International's AYuTe Africa Challenge, an annual competition that awards cash grants to young...
Aftershocks in Haiti: Recovery Underway Despite Cracks in the System
As strong aftershocks from the Haiti earthquake continue, Heifer has sourced and begun distributing 1,600 tarps to those hardest hit.
What is the Role of Youth in Agriculture?
With the right support, including training and access to technology, youth in agriculture have the potential to grow more food, transform local...
Honey in Honduras: New Processing Plant Sets Beekeepers Abuzz
A newly-constructed honey processing plant in Las Selvas, Honduras, represents a future of advanced production, local jobs and larger incomes for...
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From Waste to Wonder: 5 Ways Heifer Farmers Use Byproducts
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From Waste to Wonder: 5 Ways Heifer Farmers Use Byproducts
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Biogas in Bihar, India: Harnessing the Power of Poop
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Biogas in Bihar, India: Harnessing the Power of Poop
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Celebrating International Mother Language Day and Linguistic Rights in Bangladesh
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Celebrating International Mother Language Day and Linguistic Rights in Bangladesh
Wheeling Through the Pandemic: 5 Ways Access to Transport Helps Heifer Farmers
The COVID-19 lockdowns have brought supply chains to a virtual standstill across the globe, threatening food production and distribution systems....
The Earthquake in Haiti: Intense Devastation, Compounding Fragility Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake on August 14th has left the people of Haiti’s southwestern region, which was hardest hit by the quake, grieving.
New Pricing Model Takes on Poverty-Ridden Coffee Industry
Heifer International, Bellwether Coffee and Sustainable Harvest developed a new pricing model to tackle the enduring crisis of poverty in coffee...