Archive for July, 2011
El Camino y la Comida Day 26
Day 26 on the Way – can you believe it? Wide open spaces…the thought of staying indoors is almost inconceivable at this point. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. Heifer International offers another way to experience the outdoors that also empowers people to make a difference to end [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 25
Day 25 on the Way. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. We’ve been sleeping somewhere different every night, and are grateful to have a place to rest our heads. If you can’t get to Arkansas, Heifer Global Village Site Sponsors offer great opportunities to experience the Heifer Global [...]
Calypso Farm & Ecology Center: Class Act
The Calypso Farm & Ecology Center in Alaska, United States, is a vibrant center that encourages teens and children to learn about gardening and meaningful employment opportunities. Its EATinG program (Engaging Alaskan Teens in Gardening) employes middle and high school students to garden, grow food, and run a CSA or farm stand at one of [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 24
Day 24 on the Way, which is a strange way, is a global village itself with people from all walks of live walking the same path. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. Heifer Village, located on the Heifer International Campus, is a hands-on, global eduction facility that imagines [...]
Lay of the Land
Greetings from oh so hot Adams County in south-central Pennsylvania. Much like the rest of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic we are currently in the grips of 100 degree Fahrenheit weather. There’s a warm haze over the rolling hills of the county’s Fruit Belt. It’s too hot for the salad greens of May, and the cherries [...]
El Camino y la Comida Day 23
Day 23 on the Way. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. By now, you have learned a bit about Heifer’s projects around the world – there are countless more. One of the reasons for the success of these initiatives is Heifer’s approach to microenterprise and its interest-free “living [...]
Instant Oatmeal: Frank Food
Frank food is a series that wants your opinion about what is FRANK food and what is FRANKENSTEIN food. Please share your opinion! You walk into the store and have to buy one. Which one is MORE FRANK to you?
El Camino y la Comida Day 22
Day 22 on El Camino. For up-to-date news and photos of the journey, please go to: www.elcaminoylacomida.com. By now, you know that this is the way of St. James. Seeing old churches and monasteries is an incredible experience, regardless of what your beliefs are. Heifer Tanzania partners with many churches of all denominations throughout [...]
