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How Livestock Might Be the Secret to Restoring Our Soil
How Livestock Might Be the Secret to Restoring Our Soil

Climate

How Livestock Might Be the Secret to Restoring Our Soil

Let them come, biologist Allan Savory says of the herd animals long blamed for destroying natural grasslands. With proper management, he says,...

5 Things You Didn't Know About Water Buffalo
5 Things You Didn't Know About Water Buffalo

Animals

5 Things You Didn't Know About Water Buffalo

Meet the older cousins of the bovine clan: water buffalo! They're big, they're mysterious, and they haven't been to the family reunion in a couple...

4 Green Burial Methods For an Earth-Friendly Afterlife
4 Green Burial Methods For an Earth-Friendly Afterlife

Climate

4 Green Burial Methods For an Earth-Friendly Afterlife

I have some bad news, fellow humans: none of us is getting out of this life alive, and nothing can erase your crimes against nature. I say that...

Hop in a Time Machine to 1960s Bolivia
Hop in a Time Machine to 1960s Bolivia

From the Archives

Hop in a Time Machine to 1960s Bolivia

At the request and effort of pastors and leaders from the Methodist Evangelical Church in Bolivia, Heifer Project began work in the country in...

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...