News & Stories

Access to electricity touches almost all aspects of farmers’ lives and livelihoods — from irrigation to harvesting to keeping produce fresh before it reaches markets. Here’s what that looks like around the world where Heifer works.

With support from Heifer USA, one farmer is establishing himself as the first pastured pork producer in Mississippi — and transforming his land into an investment in his family’s future.

For many of the world’s 500 million smallholder farmers, cows are a lifeline out of poverty. But these incredible creatures are also key to regenerating the land.

Rising food prices are driving global hunger up at an alarming scale, hitting the world’s most vulnerable populations the hardest.

Through training and collective business, buffalo farmer Rilli Maya Rai is at the helm of a thriving farm ecosystem in Nepal, building a future ripe with opportunity.

Every day, women farmers make invaluable contributions to agriculture — and with support to overcome the unique challenges they face, they are catalysts for social and economic change.

Isarat is a farmer, but she’s also an entrepreneur who’s using her knowledge to grow a soilless nursery to improve crop yields, reduce resource waste and empower women-led enterprises in India.