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Susan Owen: 2014 Women in Agriculture Award Winner
Susan Owen: 2014 Women in Agriculture Award Winner

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Susan Owen: 2014 Women in Agriculture Award Winner

The Garden Spot is a half-acre, organic food production plot that helps supply Boone, North Carolina’s F.A.R.M. Cafe with fresh, seasonal produce.

Haiti: Five Years After the Earthquake
Haiti: Five Years After the Earthquake

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Haiti: Five Years After the Earthquake

Five years after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, Heifer International says its farmers on the impoverished island are...

Garden Cultivating Self-Sufficiency for Honduran Family
Garden Cultivating Self-Sufficiency for Honduran Family

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Garden Cultivating Self-Sufficiency for Honduran Family

Jose Bonifacio received the gift of a family garden in June of last year. Already, the plot is helping his family eat better foods and also...

Honduran Village Celebrates Passing on the Gift
Honduran Village Celebrates Passing on the Gift

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Honduran Village Celebrates Passing on the Gift

"Today is about helping other families in need," said the participants of a recent Passing on the Gift Ceremony in Honduras.

New Year, New Goal: Let's Work Together to End Hunger in 2015
New Year, New Goal: Let's Work Together to End Hunger in 2015

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New Year, New Goal: Let's Work Together to End Hunger in 2015

Make a resolution to join us to end hunger in 2015.

Farmers Hopeful After Typhoon Hagupit
Farmers Hopeful After Typhoon Hagupit

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Farmers Hopeful After Typhoon Hagupit

Farmers in the Ormoc area of the Philippines are rebuilding for the second time in two years but say they are hopeful after typhoon Hagupit.

Toilets Help Create a Cleaner Community in Nepal
Toilets Help Create a Cleaner Community in Nepal

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Toilets Help Create a Cleaner Community in Nepal

Imagine having to go to the bathroom out in the open. To many of us, this scenario sounds like a nightmare. However, for the millions of people...

Unique Exchange Helps Women REACH Each Other
Unique Exchange Helps Women REACH Each Other

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Unique Exchange Helps Women REACH Each Other

Jean Pierre Venette belongs to Heifer’s Rural Entrepreneurs for Agricultural Cooperation in Haiti program, or REACH. She and 39 other women work...

Appalachian Ascent
Appalachian Ascent

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Appalachian Ascent

For six weeks in September and October, local entrepreneurs in Appalachia participated in Ascent Business Network’s Birds Eye Business Planning...

Raising Chickens, Raising Income
Raising Chickens, Raising Income

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Raising Chickens, Raising Income

After realizing that he didn't have enough food to feed his family, Yang Qilu turned to Heifer, where he and his wife learned how to raise chickens...