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

Barnyard Beauty Blog: Big, Beautiful Beards
Barnyard Beauty Blog: Big, Beautiful Beards

Animals

Barnyard Beauty Blog: Big, Beautiful Beards

We have some extraordinary creatures at the Heifer Farm in Little Rock. Take Jekyll, for instance. This macho male goat rules the barnyard with his...

Get the flock out: How farmers save livestock from natural disasters
Get the flock out: How farmers save livestock from natural disasters

Animals

Get the flock out: How farmers save livestock from natural disasters

How do farmers save their livestock when natural disasters threaten?

5 Super Cute Crafts for Celebrating World School Milk Day
5 Super Cute Crafts for Celebrating World School Milk Day

Food & Water

5 Super Cute Crafts for Celebrating World School Milk Day

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!

Barnyard Beauty Blog: Silkies' Secrets
Barnyard Beauty Blog: Silkies' Secrets

Animals

Barnyard Beauty Blog: Silkies' Secrets

The Heifer Urban Farm in Little Rock teems with 4H show-stoppers. In this video, Cody the Silky reveals his lifestyle tips for maintaining his...

Replicating scientific study a challenge, goats eat the experiment
Replicating scientific study a challenge, goats eat the experiment

Animals

Replicating scientific study a challenge, goats eat the experiment

Any veteran of the middle school science fair knows that ribbon-worthy experiments must be replicable. A crack team of pseudo-scientists here at...

A Cowboy's Overseas Journey to Rebuild Japan
A Cowboy's Overseas Journey to Rebuild Japan

From the Archives

A Cowboy's Overseas Journey to Rebuild Japan

Heifer International’s very first volunteers were the Midwestern farmers who raised animals to donate and the “seagoing cowboys” who...

Hands-down the 3 easiest ways to cook confusing vegetables
Hands-down the 3 easiest ways to cook confusing vegetables

Food & Water

Hands-down the 3 easiest ways to cook confusing vegetables

For those of us who aren’t exactly foodies, some of the vegetables that come in your CSA can be real head-scratchers. If you find yourself in...

5 Easy Ways to Save the Bees (And the World)
5 Easy Ways to Save the Bees (And the World)

Climate

5 Easy Ways to Save the Bees (And the World)

You may not know it yet, but you love and depend on bees. Here are some easy things that you can do to help them out.