@Heifer

Since 1944, we have helped more than 59 million families lift themselves out of hunger and poverty by providing livestock, training, tools and education.

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Protecting biodiversity and improving farmer livelihoods can go hand in hand. At COP17, a shared priority comes into focus: resilient food systems that support healthy ecosystems and the people who steward them. #Biodiversity #FoodSystems
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Nothing about farmers without farmers. ๐ŸŒฑ Rasmita Muduli, a smallholder farmer from Odisha, brought her voice to AgriVoltaics World Conference 2026. Our Agri-PV model puts farmers at the heart of the energy transition. #Agrivoltaics #AgriPV
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We can learn how to better support smallholder farmers by acting on the advice of farmers like Milexi. Read her @Independent article and find out what farmers like her need to advance in the agricultural industry and sustain their success: independent.co.uk/climate-chโ€ฆ

I lost my entire livelihood to El Nino once. This time Iโ€™m fighting back

I am proof that the right infrastructure, training and support can help farmers cope with extreme conditions, writes Milexi Rodrรญguez. My farmersโ€™ group is proof it can be scaled for every woman...

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๐Ÿซ From finding her voice to empowering 152 farmers! Meet Glendi, a cacao farmer in Guatemala who now leads 25 women turning artisanal chocolate into opportunity. ๐Ÿ’š Thanks to supporters like YOU, her impact keeps growing! Read more: brnw.ch/21x6ym9
Glendi Mercedes Teyul tends to cacao beans as they dry in Pinares, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Photo by Heifer International/Delfa Zamora.

ALT Glendi Mercedes Teyul tends to cacao beans as they dry in Pinares, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Photo by Heifer International/Delfa Zamora.

Glendi examines cacao pods growing on a tree in her community of Pinares. Photo by Heifer International/Delfa Zamora.

ALT Glendi examines cacao pods growing on a tree in her community of Pinares. Photo by Heifer International/Delfa Zamora.

Glendi stands among sacks of cacao at APIDIPโ€™s facilities in Pinares, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Photo by Heifer International/Delfa Zamora.

ALT Glendi stands among sacks of cacao at APIDIPโ€™s facilities in Pinares, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Photo by Heifer International/Delfa Zamora.

Glendi reviews paperwork at APIDIP in Pinares, Guatemala. Photo by Heifer International/Delfa Zamora.

ALT Glendi reviews paperwork at APIDIP in Pinares, Guatemala. Photo by Heifer International/Delfa Zamora.

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FAOCambodia@FAOCambodiaOct 15
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐ŸŒพ Cambodiaโ€™s Set Hach was honoured among FAOโ€™s 100 Women Heroes at #WorldFoodForum2026 in Rome, receiving recognition from FAO Director-General QU Dongyu for her leadership in supporting rural women and farming communities. #shefeedscambodia #100WomenHeroes
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๐ŸŒŽ Every family deserves nutritious food and a brighter future. โฐ TODAY ONLY: Your gift will be TRIPLE MATCHED! Help farmers grow more food and build brighter futures. ๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ’š Triple your impact 3X this #WorldFoodDay: brnw.ch/21x6sSE #EndHunger #HeiferInternational
โฐ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ž๐๐‹๐˜: Your gift will be TRIPLE MATCHED! Join Friends of Heifer and make 3X the impact for families around the world.

ALT โฐ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ž๐๐‹๐˜: Your gift will be TRIPLE MATCHED! Join Friends of Heifer and make 3X the impact for families around the world.

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๐ŸŒฑ Healthy ecosystems build stronger, more resilient food systems. At #COP17, Heifer champions farmer-led solutions that protect biodiversity and strengthen livelihoods for generations. ๐Ÿ“ Yerevan, Armenia ๐Ÿ”— brnw.ch/21x6r1X #Biodiversity #FoodSystems #COP17Armenia
๐ŸŒ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : CBD COP17 ๐Ÿ“ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Yerevan, Armenia

ALT ๐ŸŒ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : CBD COP17 ๐Ÿ“ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Yerevan, Armenia

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๐ŸŒฑโ˜€๏ธ Heifer International is headed to #AgriVoltaics2026! Join us, as we explore clean energy solutions for farmers. ๐Ÿ“ Find Heifer at our booth, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi | Oct. 21-23 ๐Ÿ“ฐ @businessline: brnw.ch/21x6pzu ๐Ÿ”— Discover the event: brnw.ch/21x6pzt
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โ˜• This #NationalCoffeeDay, cheers to the farmers behind every cup! In Honduras, APROCAJER exported its first container of organic coffee to Germany, opening doors to new opportunities. ๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Tap to read the full story: #SustainableCoffee #CoffeeFarmers
Yenny Castellanos, president of APROCAJER, stands with Heifer International team members Josรฉ Nieto, left, and Alex Caballero, right, in Honduras. Photo by Heifer International/Alex Caballero.

ALT Yenny Castellanos, president of APROCAJER, stands with Heifer International team members Josรฉ Nieto, left, and Alex Caballero, right, in Honduras. Photo by Heifer International/Alex Caballero.

Bags of APROCAJER coffee fill an export container ready for transport. Photo by Heifer International/Alex Caballero.

ALT Bags of APROCAJER coffee fill an export container ready for transport. Photo by Heifer International/Alex Caballero.

Members of APROCAJER gather during a launch event marking the associationโ€™s first organic coffee export to Germany. Photo by Heifer International/Alex Caballero.

ALT Members of APROCAJER gather during a launch event marking the associationโ€™s first organic coffee export to Germany. Photo by Heifer International/Alex Caballero.

Bags of APROCAJER coffee fill an export container ready for transport. Photo by Heifer International/Alex Caballero.

ALT Bags of APROCAJER coffee fill an export container ready for transport. Photo by Heifer International/Alex Caballero.

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3X YOUR IMPACT during our limited-time September matchโ€ผ๏ธ Right now, every $1 you give provides 3X the life-changing support to families around the world. Plus, youโ€™ll receive a Heifer corduroy hat as our thank-you. Donโ€™t wait! Give before the match ends: brnw.ch/21x5ZPC
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"This season, 836 young people applied to the Challenge. These enterprising young minds said, โ€œYes, I can try to solve a problem and open doors for opportunities to better myself and others." Mr. William Matovu, Country Director, Heifer International Uganda #AYuTeUganda26
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Our future depends on how we treat our forests today. ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฒ Here are 6โƒฃ reasons to treasure our forests ๐Ÿ‘‡ #COFO28 #GenerationRestoration
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Coffee and chocolate are first met by the hands of farmers. In Ecuador, Jessica Orellana more than doubled her cacao harvest with support from @HeiferEcuador, helping pay for her daughterโ€™s university education. Read her story: brnw.ch/21x5WCR #NationalCoffeeDay
Jessica Orellana, cacao farmer and founder of ASOPROMIPRO, in southern Ecuador. Photo by Heifer International/Russell Powell.

ALT Jessica Orellana, cacao farmer and founder of ASOPROMIPRO, in southern Ecuador. Photo by Heifer International/Russell Powell.

Jessica, right, and her daughter, Karla, spread cacao beans inside a drying shed at the ASOPROMIPRO collection center. Photo by Heifer International/Russell Powell.

ALT Jessica, right, and her daughter, Karla, spread cacao beans inside a drying shed at the ASOPROMIPRO collection center. Photo by Heifer International/Russell Powell.

Jessica, right, records a cacao delivery at the ASOPROMIPRO collection center in El Progreso, Ecuador. Photo by Heifer International/Russell Powell.

ALT Jessica, right, records a cacao delivery at the ASOPROMIPRO collection center in El Progreso, Ecuador. Photo by Heifer International/Russell Powell.

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Can it scale? At #ClimateWeekNYC, our very own @dbhandariLR pitched a plan to train 3,000 women and youth as agro-vet entrepreneurs, bringing animal health and climate-smart services to 1.5M smallholder households. Scalability = farmer value + local capacity + markets + finance.
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7 women. 6 countries. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐ŸŒŽ Women produce 24% less than men on farms of the same size due to unequal access to key resources. Closing that gap, along with the wage gap, could help feed ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง more people. ๐Ÿ“Ž brnw.ch/21x5UP8
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Science mattersโ€”but science alone doesnโ€™t create scale. At #ScienceSummit2026, Heiferโ€™s Mark Chandler shared the smallholder farmer perspective: low-emission livestock solutions must meet farmersโ€™ needs and connect to technical support, markets, partnerships and finance.
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At #ClimateWeekNYC, Heifer and partners are advancing investment in resilient food and livestock systems. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Sept. 22, 4-5:15 p.m. ET: Join Heifer and REGEN HOUSE for โ€œCan It Scale?โ€, a pitch session exploring livestock solutions ready to scale. ๐Ÿ“Ž brnw.ch/21x5R3h
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Save the date for ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, where Heifer will join partners at REGEN HOUSE for โ€œ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’? ๐ด ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜ ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ โ€ from ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐“.

ALT ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Save the date for ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, where Heifer will join partners at REGEN HOUSE for โ€œ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’? ๐ด ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜ ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ โ€ from ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฉ.๐ฆ. ๐„๐“.

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At #AFSF2026, Safia Boly, SVP - Africa Programs, @Heifer called on governments, development partners and lenders to carry the risks they can best manage, and work together to turn viable agricultural opportunities into investment.
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Congratulations to Josselyn Vega on her opinion article in EL PAรS! ๐ŸŒฑ Josselyn shares how rural women are advancing agroecology, protecting biodiversity and strengthening food sovereignty in Ecuador. ๐Ÿ“Ž Read more: brnw.ch/21x5NvK #WomenInAgriculture #Agroecology
Portrait of Josselyn Vega (25) working in San Isidro, Cotopaxi, Ecuador.

ALT Portrait of Josselyn Vega (25) working in San Isidro, Cotopaxi, Ecuador.

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