Animals

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?

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...

Baby Alpaca Alert
Baby Alpaca Alert

Animals

Baby Alpaca Alert

We have an adorable new arrival at Heifer Urban Farm in Little Rock, Arkansas!

How to Lighten Your Very Good Dog’s Carbon Pawprint
How to Lighten Your Very Good Dog’s Carbon Pawprint

Animals

How to Lighten Your Very Good Dog’s Carbon Pawprint

Hopefully we can all agree that we need to make decisions that help preserve the only inhabitable planet we’ve got. Although we’ve still got a...

Sheep View 360 Puts the Faroe Islands on the Map
Sheep View 360 Puts the Faroe Islands on the Map

Animals

Sheep View 360 Puts the Faroe Islands on the Map

When the Faroe Islands were passed over for Google Street View, an employee of the Faroe Islands Tourist Board launched an inspired campaign to...

New Kids on the Block at Heifer Urban Farm
New Kids on the Block at Heifer Urban Farm

Animals

New Kids on the Block at Heifer Urban Farm

We're tickled to welcome a passel of newborn kids at Heifer Urban Farm in Little Rock, Arkansas!

From the Archives: Gifts for People You Might Not Even Like
From the Archives: Gifts for People You Might Not Even Like

Animals

From the Archives: Gifts for People You Might Not Even Like

When Heifer encourages you to “Choose a meaningful gift to give a loved one” we know it is okay to consider “loved one” a loose term. On...

Do You Even Give a Flock?
Do You Even Give a Flock?

Animals

Do You Even Give a Flock?

Have you ever noticed how “The Twelve Days of Christmas” includes swans and geese, but no ducks? There’s actually a really good reason for...

Give Water Buffalo a Chance This Holiday Season
Give Water Buffalo a Chance This Holiday Season

Animals

Give Water Buffalo a Chance This Holiday Season

It’s day eight of The 12 Days of Heifer Holidays! And on the eighth day, well—we can all agree that nothing says “happy holidays” like that...