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Insights from Heifer projects and our work with partners to catalyze local solutions for global impact.
Announcements
Guatemalan Spice Farmers Forge Path to Fair Pay
By Jason Woods | May 13, 2021
While companies, traders and intermediaries extract profit from cardamom, producers struggle to get by. Heifer Guatemala’s Green Business Belt Program is changing this reality, closing the living income gap for farmers through full participation in the supply chain.
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Food, Farmers and the Future
With every harvest, smallholder farmers are securing a tomorrow where hunger is a thing of the past.
Climate Heroes
Meet Heifer’s eco-champions, smallholder farmers collectively driving sustainable change from Senegal’s drylands to Mexico’s seed sanctuaries.
Strength in Sisterhood
Harnessing the power of collaboration, these women are breaking new ground, sharing their wisdom and resources to cultivate a future of mutual prosperity.
Local Leaders
For 80 years, local visionaries have been the heartbeat of Heifer’s mission, transforming communities and crafting sustainable futures.
Announcements
Heifer Ranch Achieves Regenerative Agriculture Milestone
By Aimée Knight | April 30, 2021
Thanks to the leadership of Donna Kilpatrick, Heifer Ranch became a Savory Hub in Arkansas – a teaching center on regenerative agriculture, whose mission is to equip farmers and ranchers with the knowledge to rehabilitate grassland ecosystems at scale.
Announcements
Living Her Dream: Soap Business Success Financially Empowers Woman in Rural Ghana
By Heifer International | March 31, 2021
Equality
The Women of Bihani Dairy in Nepal Give Back to Community, Adapt to Pandemic Changes
By Jason Woods | March 3, 2021
In Kopuwa, Nepal, many women depend on their husbands for income. The women of Bihani Dairy cooperative are joining forces to make sure that they, and other women in their communities have opportunities to earn income of their own.
Food & Water
Vegetable Spring Rolls: The Perfect Traditional Recipe to Ring in the Lunar New Year
By Bethany Ivie | February 5, 2021
Lifestyle
Indigenous Guatemalan Women Earn Income from Carmine, a Traditional Red Dye Made from Bugs
By Bethany Ivie | January 22, 2021
In San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, Indigenous Maya women are reclaiming the age-old art of handcrafting carmine, perhaps the most vibrant natural red dye in existence, and through the support of Heifer International Guatemala, they’re using that skill to boost their own small businesses.
Announcements
In the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System
By Jason Woods | January 8, 2021
There was no way for small-scale farmers in Ecuador to anticipate the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago when they started diversifying the products they grew and mapping efficient paths to get them to hungry urban markets. But when the coronavirus hit the South American nation hard, these farmers found themselves well-prepared to keep homebound customers fed.
Food & Water
Sacred Cow Documentary Makes the Case That Beef is Good for You, the Environment
By Jason Woods | December 23, 2020