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

Heifer Ranch Achieves Regenerative Agriculture Milestone
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Announcements

Heifer Ranch Achieves Regenerative Agriculture Milestone

Thanks to the leadership of Donna Kilpatrick, Heifer Ranch became a Savory Hub in Arkansas – a teaching center on regenerative agriculture, whose...

One Year After Hurricanes Battered Honduras, a Resilient Beekeeper Rebuilds
A Honduran man wearing a mask and blue shirt stands by his carpentry workshop.

Climate

One Year After Hurricanes Battered Honduras, a Resilient Beekeeper Rebuilds

One year ago, two hurricanes battered Honduras, decimating the agricultural assets many Heifer Honduras farmers depended on for income. That was...

Tihar Festival in Nepal: Days of Dogs, Deities and Income
A Nepali woman lights a candle in her home.

Work & Income

Tihar Festival in Nepal: Days of Dogs, Deities and Income

Tihar festival in Nepal honors Hindu gods with days of dancing, feasts and animal worship. But it’s also the moment toward which rural farmers...

How Does Hunger Affect Learning?
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Insights & Analysis

How Does Hunger Affect Learning?

While the COVID-19 health emergency is expected to have an enormous impact on worldwide learning — affecting billions of students — millions of...

From Rainforest to Cup: Celebrate the Farmers Behind Your Holiday Spices
A farmer stands in the forest where he grows cardamom.

Food & Water

From Rainforest to Cup: Celebrate the Farmers Behind Your Holiday Spices

The spices that hearten the American holiday season — cash crops like cinnamon, allspice and cardamom — are a path out of poverty for the...

Eggs: More Than Just a Simple Snack
A woman wearing a vibrantly colored dress hands chicken eggs to a man at her shop.

Food & Water

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...

Heifer Ecuador Banks on Family Farming to Fend Off Malnutrition
A woman at her farm in Ecuador.

Food & Water

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...

Breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy: One Family’s Gender Reckoning
An Indian woman stands amid her goat herd, smiling at the camera and balancing a bowl of fodder on her head.

Equality

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...