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Heifer currently provides over 30 types of animals to families in need in more than 40 countries, including the U.S.

Bill Williams, Benefactor of Overlook Farm, Left Lasting Legacy

Heifer International is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of William “Bill” Williams in Rutland, Mass. Williams, 92, donated 300 acres of Overlook Farm land to Heifer in 1983 to keep the land in agriculture and to help feed people in countries with "Living Gifts."

Helping Small Coffee Growers Fatten Up the 'Thin Months'

This article appeared on Wall Street Journal on Feb 9, 2013.

By SUSAN SARANDON

I buy coffee designated "fair trade" because the higher price contributes to improved living standards for small farmers in Latin America—to a point. Profits from a fair-trade coffee crop can support a family for many months, although not all the way until the next harvest season. Then the farm families live through a period of food insecurity so common it has its own name: "los meses flacos," the thin months.

Heifer International Receives 2nd Gift from the QBE Foundation

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Feb. 8, 2013) – The QBE North America Foundation recently made a generous donation to Heifer International for the second consecutive year. Carolyn Bartholdson, Chief Human Resources Officer at QBE presented the $50,000 check to Paul Yeghiayan, a Major Gifts Officer for Heifer International.