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Insights from Heifer projects and our work with partners to catalyze local solutions for global impact.
Equality
What Does Women's Empowerment Even Mean?
By Heifer International | July 10, 2025
We talk about women’s empowerment a lot. What does that term mean? It means something different for every person, but here are some perspectives from around the world from Heifer staffers on what women’s empowerment means to us.
Browse Collections
No Woman Alone
When women farmers organize, opportunity reaches further.
Credit Where It's Due
Give women farmers access to finance — and watch food systems change.
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.
Climate
How to Eat Rajasthan's World-Renowned Mathania Chili While You Still Can
By Austin Bailey | July 15, 2026
Food & Water
Let's Try eating that moldy thing: The rest of the story
By Austin Bailey | July 15, 2026
Food & Water
5 Super Cute Crafts for Celebrating World School Milk Day
By Heifer International | August 5, 2025
Did you know that September 26 is World School Milk Day? Here are 5 fun and easy activities for celebrating the power of milk in your classroom!
Lifestyle
Songs Willie Nelson Made Better
By Jason Woods | April 15, 2026
Farm Aid’s 33rd annual music festival — held for the first time in Connecticut — wrapped up this weekend. Farm Aid’s been supporting family farmers in the United States since 1985, and that’s a mission we can certainly get behind. So to celebrate another successful Farm Aid and the release of a new album, here’s a Spotify playlist of Willie Nelson covers, both classic and obscure.