Food & Water

Heifer believes ending poverty and hunger begins with agriculture, and smallholder farmers are at the heart of this effort. But what exactly is a...

Through videos and guidebooks, Heifer USA is training farmers to successfully cultivate and manage crops, including organic tomatoes — a...

A strong, equitable value chain can help vulnerable people provide nutritious food for their families and communities while earning a fair wage for...

Agricultural cooperatives enable individual farmers to operate as a collective agribusiness, driven by values of solidarity and reciprocity....

Heifer invests in infrastructure across our project areas to build strong market systems, giving farmers the purchasing power to keep nutritious...

Nearly 811 million people go to bed hungry each night. Chronic hunger is exacerbated by poverty, lack of nutrition education and social barriers....

The world’s smallholder farmers are at the heart of building a sustainable food system. We’re celebrating those from Honduras to Uganda who are...

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

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

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...