Farm Journal Foundation Accelerates Sustainable Hunger Solutions Through $1 Million Grant to Heifer International

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The grant will be targeted to sustainable hunger relief pr=jects such as Heifer's Seeds of Change in Appalachia and the Arkansas Delt=, REACH (Rural Entrepreneurs for Agricultural Cooperation in Haiti), Integ=ated Livestock Development in Sierra Leone, and the Small Farmer Project f=r smallholder agriculture development in Armenia.<br /><br />"It's be=n a very exciting and rewarding first year for <i>Farmers Feeding the Worl=</i> because of the ability to learn from and work with organizations like=Heifer that are committed to solving world hunger through sustainable agri=ultural practices," said Foundation Chairman Andy Weber. "Heifer=is one of the most effective and efficient NGOs in the world in the fight =gainst hunger and is totally in sync with our mission to rally American fa=mers and ranchers to help solve world hunger."<br /><br />There are a=proximately one billion people living in chronic hunger today and, sadly, =any of those are small farmers in the developing world. The partnership be=ween <i>Farmers Feeding the World</i> and Heifer International will enable=thousands of families to permanently pull themselves out of poverty and ch=onic hunger both globally and here in the United States.<br /><br />"=e are grateful for the support we receive from the Farm Journal Foundation= and we are very excited by the chance to work with American farmers, who lize the benefits of working at a greater scale and efficiency to boost =gricultural production. Working together, we can help smallholder farm fam=lies increase their production capacity so that they can truly help feed t=e world," said Pierre Ferrari, president and CEO of Heifer Internatio=al. <br /></p><p> </p></td><td height="170" colspan="2"><p></p></=d></tr><tr bordercolor="#020000"><td height="65" width="97%" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>About t=e Farm Journal Foundation</b></font><br />The Farm Journal Foundation is a=nonprofit corporation dedicated to sustaining U.S. agriculture's ability t= serve the vital needs of a growing world population with education and as=istance focused on the unique interests of people and organizations aligne= with U.S agriculture. The Foundation houses Farm Journal's myriad advocac= initiatives such as the <i>Farmers Feeding the World</i> campaign and ele=ents of the Farm Journal Legacy Project. For more information, please visi= <a target="_blank" href="http://links.mkt1847.com/ctt?kn=1&ms=Mz=4NzgxMjAS1&r=MTU5MTYyNjUyMDYS1&b=0&j=MTMxNDc2OTE0S0&mt=1&rt=0" n=me="www_agweb_com_farmersfeedingth">www.FarmersFeedingtheWorld.org</a>.<=ont size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /><br />About =eifer International</b></font><br />Heifer's mission is to end hunger and =overty while caring for the Earth. Since 1944, Heifer International has pr=vided livestock and environmentally sound agriculture training to improve =he lives of those who struggle daily for reliable resources of food and in=ome. Heifer is currently working in 40 countries, including the U.S., to h=lp families and communities become more self-reliant. 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