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Seizing Life By The Handlebars: Meet The First Woman to Ride a Bike in this Small Town
Seizing Life By The Handlebars: Meet The First Woman to Ride a Bike in this Small Town

Equality

Seizing Life By The Handlebars: Meet The First Woman to Ride a Bike in this Small Town

One girl's wheels made waves in this rural Indian village when she pedaled out as the first girl in town to ride a bike.

Beans Really Are The Magical Fruit (For More Reasons Than You Think)
Beans Really Are The Magical Fruit (For More Reasons Than You Think)

Food & Water

Beans Really Are The Magical Fruit (For More Reasons Than You Think)

Beans, beans, the magical fruit...the more you eat...well, you know. It's time to talk about beans: they are nutritional powerhouses, they benefit...

Take a Look at Ecuador in the 50s and 60s in These Historical Photos
Take a Look at Ecuador in the 50s and 60s in These Historical Photos

From the Archives

Take a Look at Ecuador in the 50s and 60s in These Historical Photos

Heifer’s first shipment to Ecuador landed in Quito on October 13, 1948.

How to Make Your Home a Green Building
How to Make Your Home a Green Building

Climate

How to Make Your Home a Green Building

There are lots of misconceptions about sustainable design. Often sustainable building projects, or “green buildings,” are associated with...

Oh my gourd, you have to try this healthy(ish) comfort food
Oh my gourd, you have to try this healthy(ish) comfort food

Food & Water

Oh my gourd, you have to try this healthy(ish) comfort food

The steps here are going to take more than ten minutes, I can’t lie. However, the result is a truly mouthwatering crowd pleaser. This is perfect...

How to Save Your Seeds for Next Year
How to Save Your Seeds for Next Year

Food & Water

How to Save Your Seeds for Next Year

If your garden is looking perfect this season, why not save seeds so you can recreate it next year?

It smells worse than it tastes and other lies people tell about durian
It smells worse than it tastes and other lies people tell about durian

Food & Water

It smells worse than it tastes and other lies people tell about durian

With durian, you either love it or you hate it. There is no middle ground.

5 Game of Thrones Cocktails to Help You Remember the Good Times and Deal With the Bad
5 Game of Thrones Cocktails to Help You Remember the Good Times and Deal With the Bad

Food & Water

5 Game of Thrones Cocktails to Help You Remember the Good Times and Deal With the Bad

Though the final season of HBO's Game of Thrones is nothing if not divisive there's one thing we can all agree on: no one is getting out of this...