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Insights from Heifer projects and our work with partners to catalyze local solutions for global impact.

What Read to Feed Means to Me
What Read to Feed Means to Me

Equality

What Read to Feed Means to Me

Student Madeleine Poitras and her mom on the impact Read to Feed had on their family.

The Unsung Heroes of the Greatest Generation, Part 2
The Unsung Heroes of the Greatest Generation, Part 2

From the Archives

The Unsung Heroes of the Greatest Generation, Part 2

Part 2 of our series on the Seagoing Cowboys, a group of young farmers who volunteered to accompany shipments of livestock into devastated...

Meet the Unsung Heroes of The Greatest Generation
Meet the Unsung Heroes of The Greatest Generation

From the Archives

Meet the Unsung Heroes of The Greatest Generation

Part 1 of our series on the Seagoing Cowboys, a group of young farmers who volunteered to accompany shipments of livestock into devastated...

Ms. Ritchie’s Read to Feed FAQs
Ms. Ritchie’s Read to Feed FAQs

Equality

Ms. Ritchie’s Read to Feed FAQs

Organizing Read to Feed at Johnston Middle School has allowed me to have great conversations about Heifer International. Here are some of the...

Family Business is Booming in Honduras
Family Business is Booming in Honduras

Equality

Family Business is Booming in Honduras

After receiving hens, pigs and a stove through Heifer’s Passing on the Gift ®, this family of six works together to help their family business.

Celebrate National Agriculture Day
Celebrate National Agriculture Day

Climate

Celebrate National Agriculture Day

Did you know that today is National Agriculture Day? Watch and share this video to help us spread the word of how Heifer helps small-scale farmers...

Equality in Agriculture
Equality in Agriculture

Equality

Equality in Agriculture

March 8 was International Women’s Day—a day to celebrate women and their contributions to the world. Despite this global, 24-hour celebration,...

Watch: Sofia Arivilca’s Story
Watch: Sofia Arivilca’s Story

Equality

Watch: Sofia Arivilca’s Story

This stirring mini-documentary by Ripple Effect Images tells the story of Sofia Arivilca, 64 and homeless for most of her life, building her first...