Podcasts about Heifer International

We are back.  We did a little traveling and are now back to bring the inspiration.  We have three fantastic stories to inspire you.  The first is about Dan West and his charity, Heifer International, then we dive into the life of Jonas Salk, the humanitarian scientist who created the first polio vaccine, and finally, we introduce you to a teacher who is teaching her classes the meaning of kindness.  Warning, the last one might get you with some happy tears.#BeKind#WeStandWithUkraineSend us a textWe would love to hear from you. Send us your comments or even your own inspirational stories at tangentialinspiration@gmail.com or give us your comments on our website, TangentialInspiration.com.Follow us on our social media:Website: https://tangentialinspiration.com/ Instagram: tangentialinspirationpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tangentialinspiration Twitter: https://twitter.com/TangentialInsp1Produced and Edited by Craig Wymetalek

Social Impact Pioneers Antoinette Marie, Director of Heifer Labs, and Sander de Jong, Managing Director of Fairfood talk blockchain, supplychains and food. Antoinette is a trailblazer in digital transformation and humanitarian development, whilst Sander is a serial social entrepreneur with a passion for food. In this episode, we delve into the heart of social entrepreneurship and its pivotal role in reshaping global food systems. Sander shares how he came to create of the Dutch Weed Burger—a venture that began in the early 2010s and continues to redefine the plant-based food market with its innovative use of seaweed. As we explore his journey, we'll also delve into the broader implications of such entrepreneurial ventures on global food systems. Sander exemplifies how personal backgrounds, familial entrepreneurship, and a deep-seated desire for change can drive someone to reinvent their career path for the greater good. At the same time Sander uncovers the challenges and opportunities technology provides for supply chain transparency and to deepen societal impact. This is where Antoinette comes in - Antoinette is championing technology-driven solutions to empower smallholder farmers. With a focus on bridging the digital divide and driving sustainable practices across agricultural supply chainsWith the recently released white paper from Heifer International and Fairfood International outlining a strategy to help suppliers and companies ensure farmers in commodity supply chains receive sustainable, living incomes. The link to the paper is below and expect to find details of two open-source methodologies for determining actual production costs and efficiency for more transparent pricing and sustainability. One such methodology is blockchain. Together Antoinette and Sander share their insights on the developments in blockchain to enhance transparency and traceability from farm to fork. The vision is to shed light for consumers on the origins of their food, and support farmers in achieving a living income, thereby fostering a fair and sustainable agricultural sector. Join us as Antoinette and Sander provide insights into the challenges and opportunities that come with integrating cutting-edge technologies in the fight against rural poverty. Whether you are an aspiring social entrepreneur, a professional in the tech industry, or simply someone passionate about making a difference, this episode is packed with valuable lessons and inspiring stories. Links: The Dutch Weed burger: https://dutchweedburger.com/en/ Fairfood: https://fairfood.org/en/ Heifer: White Paper: Commodity Living Income Strategy: A Data-Forward Living Income Strategy for Commodity Supply Chains: https://www.heifer.org/about-us/media-center/press-releases/heifer-international-and-fairfood-international-release-commodity-living-income-strategy-white-paper.html Fruitpunch AI challenge: https://www.fruitpunch.ai/challenges Sander de Jong's Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanderdejong/ Antoinette Marie's Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarie/

For Uzo Aduba, shaping an identity as a daughter of Nigerian immigrants was fuel for a creative fire. The Emmy-award winning star of “Orange is the New Black” is Heifer International's ambassador to Africa as well as an ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer. She joins host Krys Boyd to discuss growing up in a mostly white suburb, the importance of keeping her native language alive, and how her role as unofficial family historian has shaped her career. Her memoir is “The Road is Good: How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Purpose.”

Are you a nonprofit leader battling burnout? If you're working in the nonprofit sector, chances are you've had some experience with burnout, which is why I was so excited to sit down with special guest and nonprofit coach, Elle McPherson. She breaks down burnout red flags, contributing factors, balancing woo with logic, and so much more. This is a great episode for leaders looking for practical strategies to overcome burnout!   About Elle Elle has over 15 years of experience in coaching, financial management, accounting, fundraising, proposal writing and grant management, and human resources. She has worked with a range of nonprofits including Ashoka, AmeriCorps, Outward Bound, and Heifer International. Elle earned a MBA in Nonprofit Management and MA in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School of Social Policy & Management at Brandeis University and a BA in Political Science from Bates College. Elle is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation and received her professional coach certification from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), and is certified in the Energy Leadership Index Assessment tool. She is also a Certified Erotic Blueprint Coach™ as well as a Certified Accelerated Evolution™ Trainer-in-Training and RYT-200 Kripalu-trained yoga teacher.   Read the podcast transcript here.   Episode Summary In this episode, you'll learn strategies for preventing burnout, including: Coaching nonprofit leaders (5:20) Leadership transformation (8:35) Overcoming burnout (10:45) Contributing factors of burnout (12:35) Shifting your money mindset (15:40) Scarcity ingrained in our culture ( 24:30) Balancing woo with practicality (27:25) Moving from analysis to taking action (30:50) Self-improvement book recommendations (40:15)   Teasers “I know what it's like to work in nonprofit. I know the stress, I know the different issues. I know how unique it could be to have really specific funding requirements and certain things that don't even exist in the for-profit world.”   “Stress is not conducive to new ideas and getting out there and doing things differently. It kind of puts people in a bit of like a survival mindset.” “In the culture, there is this idea of if you're helping people, if you're a nurse, if you're a healer, if you're a helper, that it should somehow be sacrificing.”   Resources The Best Tools for an Efficient & Prosperous Nonprofit: https://100degreesconsulting.com/tools/  Zesto Website: https://www.zestso.com/about  Connect with Elle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elle-mcpherson/  Keep up to date with the podcast: @100degreesconsulting Follow Stephanie on Instagram: @stephanie.skry/  Connect with Stephanie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieskryzowski/  Visit the podcast page: https://100degreesconsulting.com/preventing-burnout    Want more of the podcast? New episodes are released weekly! Find them all plus show notes and exclusive bonus content at 100degreesconsulting.com/podcast. Leave us a review! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Let me know what you loved most about this episode! Subscribe to the show so you don't miss a thing!  

Born on a dairy farm in West Sussex, Dr. Wendy Harrison has been around animals and agriculture her entire life. In fact, she stated her desire to be a vet at the ripe old age of six. While doing post-doc research and study at the University of Georgia, Dr. Harrison took a volunteer position at the non-profit Heifer International. She describes having a “Eureka moment” during this time, when she fully realized the linkage between animals and humans and how the health of all are “woven together.” One key part of her research has been in the attempt to end schistosomiasis, a waterborne parasite that can cause organ failure and cancer in its host. Because so many diseases such as this occur in neglected areas among marginalized populations, the diseases — and their victims — have been largely ignored by Western society.  To help combat parasitic diseases, Dr. Harrison joined up with the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) in 2009. She became CEO of Unlimit Health (formerly SCI Foundation) in 2019. In this interview, Charlie Bresler hosts Dr. Harrison and Matias Nestore, Senior Associate in Research and Evaluation at The Life You Can Save, in a conversation about tropical diseases, mass treatment and prevention interventions, and how health systems can be strengthened through collaboration. To support Unlimit Health's work, you can donate via The Life You Can Save website or directly at unlimithealth.org. Links: unlimithealth.org Heifer International - ​​www.heifer.org Unlimit Health Ending Parasitic Diseases Together - Strategy 2023-2028 A Road Map for Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021-2030 from World Health Organization  

On this very special encore presentation of Add Passion and Stir we will revisit our conversation Pierre Ferrari, the former President and CEO of Heifer International, and Matt Bell, chef and owner of South on Main restaurant in Little Rock, as they share insights about creating value in poor communities. Since the first airing of this episode, Pierre has now retired and is writing a book about ending rural hunger around the world.Ferrari speaks about the success Heifer International has had in poor agricultural communities throughout the world by driving social psychological change before anything else. “We work with communities that could almost be described as clinically depressed...the despair is so deep…they feel condemned to this situation,” he says. Heifer uses value-based training to demonstrate to people their own ability and capacity to make change. “Without that psychological shift, nothing we do, no animal, no training will actually catch hold,” he notes. Bell has first-hand knowledge of the success of this model in Arkansas. He sources his chickens from Grassroots Farm Cooperative, a cooperative of 10 formerly struggling small farms in Little Rock that was formed with the help of Heifer International to meet the demand of the growing market. “My understanding of Heifer at the time was you buy a cow and someone somewhere gets a cow. I didn't understand this small business component. I didn't understand it could happen in Arkansas,” says Bell.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of the My Veterinary Life podcast, we chat with Kyle Barron, a second-year vet student at Purdue University. Kyle discusses his early interest in veterinary medicine, his educational background in anthropology and biology, and how these disciplines intersect with his veterinary pursuits. He shares insights into vet school life, his leadership roles with SAVMA, and his efforts to enhance student communication, including starting a TikTok page and a podcast. Kyle also offers advice to combat imposter syndrome and underscores the value of self-confidence in the veterinary field.Remember we want to hear from you! Please be sure to subscribe to our feed on Apple Podcasts and leave us a ratings and review.You can also contact us at MVLPodcast@avma.org Follow us on social media @AVMAVets #MyVetLife #MVLPodcast

On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares 4 ways to give incredible gifts. Here are links if you'd like to visit some of the resources Lisa mentions:Uncommon Goods: www.uncommongoods.com/Wirecutter: www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/CrateJoy: www.cratejoy.com/Best Products List: www.bestproducts.com/lifestyle/news/g1252/gifts-that-give-to-charity/Lotto Love: givelottolove.com/Heifer International: www.heifer.org/Sign up for our newsletter at gohelpyourself.coGet in touch with us: gohelpyourselfpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on instagram at gohelpyourselfpodcastIf you like what you're hearing, leave us a review.xoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Atul Satija is the founder of The/Nudge Institute - working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime. He is also the CEO and Founder 2.0 at Give - India's largest and most trusted giving platform. Atul is a board member at Heifer International, Museum of Art and Photography and MMA Global. Previously he held leadership positions at Adobe, Google, InMobi, Samsung. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theindustryshow/support

Vicki Calhoun grew up in a military family then married into the military. She has lived in five different countries and six states. She was born into a military family. Her mother was from England U.K. and her father was from Kentucky. They met when he was in the Air Force and was stationed in England as an Air Traffic controller. Vicki began her freshman year of high school in Michigan, while her father was stationed in Vietnam. The family moved to Charleston, South Carolina when he returned stateside and she finished high school in South Carolina. She attended the College of Charleston and received an Associate Degree before moving to Japan. While in Japan (1975-1979) Vicky worked as a model in Tokyo. When she returned to the United States, she went back to college and worked as a travel agent in Florida. For the following fifteen years, she was a travel agent. She enjoys pottery and reading. She was a volunteer for Heifer International and at her children's school and, through her church, reaches out to the homeless population in Little Rock.

WYK from Little Rock with Governor Mike Beebe, Ray White from Heifer International, Mike 'Savage' Davis from the Whole Hog Cafe, musical guests Runaway Planet and the whole gang, John, Jeff, Clyde, Jim and Michael--

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On this episode, we have Cody Hopkins who is the CEO and Founding Farmer at Grass Roots Farmers' Cooperative. Grass Roots is supporting regenerative agriculture with its 7-species lineup of meat products. In this episode, we learn why Cody was inspired to start the Co-Op after being a small-scale poultry farmer, what makes their business model and corporate structure unique, and how Heifer International and Heifer USA have been important partners along the way. Episode Highlights:

Join Sean Pessarra, Nick, and Karl Binger and learn how Sean, the founder of Mindful Farmer, and learn how he took his part-time beekeeping operation in Texas and transformed it into a full-time sustainable agriculture business rich in experience that has led to an amazing career serving farmers through better tools and consulting. This is part 1 of a two-part Soil Block interview.  https://mindfulfarmerarkansas.com/ @mindfulkitchenarkansas 00:00 Intro 01:40 Mindful Farmer Beginnings 07:08 Heifer International 10:00 starting Mindful Farmer  12:15 $200k on 3 acres 16:50 Sourcing to local restaurants 18:10 Organic growing in the south 20:30 Where it's grown vs. how it's grown 21:18 Regional vs. national chain stores 23:30 Wholesale vs. direct-to-consumer prices 25:50 Farmers market options 29:45 CSA model options  30:40 Defining direct vs. wholesale on the farm 32:46 Should a new farmer start with wholesale 34:07 Farmer math= $ per square foot 36:00 Boutique grocer options 37:30 What you need for winter flower growing 39:17 First to market early in the season 41:30 Making the most out of sqft 43:00 Creativity in your farm 44:00 Avoid burnout 4 5:20 Bundling your energy 46:50 Learn to say NO 51:20 Mindful Farmer's Made in the USA Tools, Drop Seeder 56:20 Broad fork tools 58:10 Making better tools 59:08 Helping home gardeners 01:00:00 Investing upfront to save later  https://www.bootstrapfarmer.com/blogs/how-to-grow-seedlings/soil-blocking

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Little Rock public relations executive Jordan Johnson joins Rex Nelson on this week’s episode of the Southern Fried podcast for a look at what 2023 has in store for the capital city. Leading the list of economic developments in Little Rock this year is Lyon College’s plans to open dental and veterinary schools on the site of the Heifer International campus. Jordan and Rex discuss what effect the schools will have on the burgeoning East Village and the city as a whole. They also talk about improvements in the “three P’s” in Little Rock: parks, public safety and the port.

Elyse Wallnutt is a senior marketing and tech leader with 16 years of experience driving results at the intersection of revenue, advocacy, brand, and policy objectives. She has delivered $39M+ in net new revenue for organizations over the past five years. She built the digital activation campaign for the clean future plan that powered the majority of President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. She's grown acquisition programs to more than 9x their former size. Her communications efforts have led to human rights victories such as the unconditional release of prisoners of conscience domestically and internationally. And she's saved organizations an average of 18% of their annual marketing expenses with efficiencies gained in tech stack, targeting, and contractual enhancements.Elyse has played leadership roles in supporting some of the largest nonprofit brands in the world — including Amnesty International, Heifer International, Feeding America, UNICEF USA, The Nature Conservancy, and World Food Program USA — in both client-side and agency settings. She also spent time leading GOTV efforts in consulting roles at Center for American Progress and Blue State during the 2016 and 2020 election cycles. After nearly two decades working for nonprofits, she launched Agility Lab Consulting to support business leaders in reaching their audiences through smart strategies that stay ahead of shifts in technology, algorithms, consumer demand and rising demand for privacy. She specializes in assessing internal solutions portfolios – including current-state approach to financial projections, tech stack integration, media investments, and user experience design – and using findings to build an integrated vision that achieves KPI targets, breaks down channel silos, and pushes the limits of program growth. Key Takeaways:There are new data privacy laws that are being pushed today and big tech companies are making moves that will show their users that they are being respected. Therefore, companies will have to be creative about our marketing because we won't have insights provided by trackers by social media sights. Set up your own baseline and start making your own measurement tools. Take stock of the data that you have available right now and ingest all that information in order to make good decisions. It would be a good idea not to rely on third party information in the future. Relying too much into your social media page is like building a house on rented land, that's why it's our job to get people off of our social media pages and into our websites and email list. Websites are a more solid foundation than social media, a lot of people lose their social media pages and most are never able to recover it. Don't try to own the tree, instead, pick a leaf off the tree and own that. Find a specific area you intend to impact in the nonprofit space and commit to it. Make sure that you're not in a space that's going to be overly competitive.  “We can't keep just moving money from digital channel to digital channel, we need to think long game. We need to think about the the content strategies and the attribution vehicles that are going to help set us up so that we understand who our audiences are.” “You need to take stock of the data that you have available to you right now and create as much of a first party internal understanding of who your audience is, that doesn't rely on all of these third parties to tell you, who cares about your mission.” “The name of the game is first-party data acquisition.”  “You want to make sure that your brand name is very relevant and forward. And you also want to make sure that you are not in a space that's going to be overly competitive.”- Elyse Wallnutt  Reach out to Elyse Wallnutt at:Website: https://www.agilitylab.io/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elysewallnutt/ Be more confident, credible & convincing to your board & supporters without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy. Learn to manage your mindset, lead yourself and others more effectively and have the meaningful conversations that drive your most important work. Get your free starter kit today at  www.theinfluentialnonprofit.com Connect with Maryanne Dersch: maryanne@courageouscommunication.com

Dr. Samjhana Kafle is the Director General of the Department of Livestock Services under the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development. Dr. Mahendra Lohani is the Senior Vice-President of Programs at Heifer International.

Philanthropist, businesswoman, advocate for women and girls, and mother of three Melinda French Gates shares some insights and advice on ways we can all give back regardless of what's in the bank. Call it philanthropy, volunteerism or activism, the goals are the same: help others and work toward a better society. She shares how she's taught her kids to give back, how rolling back Roe v. Wade affected the world, what her biggest concern is regarding philanthropy, how to start your learning journey, and what she hopes her legacy will be - other than many, many grandkids, of course. If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes) Links of Interest: Masterclass on Impactful Giving Book: The Moment of Lift Pivotal Ventures The Giving Pledge Organizations Noted: Heifer International Donors Choose Moms Rising End the Backlog Plus More: Good+Foundation Joyful Heart Foundation Research Tools: Charity Navigator Giving Compass GiveWellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Laura is joined by Caitlin and John Michael to discuss the benefits of farming sustainably. From crop rotation to heritage breeds, learn why sustainable farming is critical to the health of not only humans, but the entire planet. Discover some organizations that are already taking steps in the right direction and how you can too!Support the show

In this episode of the Wicked Pissah Podcast, we'll hear from Melody Ramsey of Heifer Foundation. She shares with us the work and mission of Heifer International and how she works with corporations, individuals, and their financial and legal advisors to educate them on Heifer's work and philanthropic efforts. Websites: Heiferfoundation.org  &  Heifer.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-ramsey-401b6413 Email: Melody.Ramsey@heiferfoundation.org

AGRF, Heifer International and Generation Africa today announced the launch of Pitch AgriHack 2022, marking the second year the organizations have come together to provide cash grants that accelerate entrepreneurial growth and job creation in Africa's agriculture sector. Pitch AgriHack identifies innovative youth-led businesses with technological solutions to food security challenges, awarding the most impactful businesses with cash grants, media visibility and investor exposure. “Pitch AgriHack is about promoting digital jobs and smart technologies that appeal to the youth. This competition calls on the innovative minds of Africa to empower themselves and their communities by harnessing and developing ground-breaking technologies in the agri-food sector,” said Dickson Naftali, Head of Generation Africa. “We see a bright future on the horizon for the youth of Africa. Generation Africa, with the help of its partners like Heifer International, is working tirelessly to smooth out the obstacles that have traditionally prevented young people from embracing opportunities in the agriculture and food value chain.” During Pitch AgriHack 2022, US$45,000 in prizes will be awarded to six winners in three open competition categories. Businesses can compete as Early-stage, Mature or Growth-stage, and Woman-led ventures. Farm equipment manufacturers, agricultural drone services for precision farming, data and analytics providers, mobile apps, online crowdfunding and finance platforms, e-commerce and logistics services, and more, have all featured strongly in previous Pitch AgriHack competitions. “At Heifer International, we believe agriculture can be a major driver of economic growth and employment across Africa,” said Adesuwa Ifedi, Senior Vice President for Africa Programs at Heifer International. “African youth hold the key to unlocking this potential. Their innovation will transform the food and farming sector, providing new jobs and increasing food security. We were impressed with the young agritech entrepreneurs who pitched their businesses as part of last year's competition, and we are excited to see the new innovations 2022 will bring.” “There is a hope – a very real hope – that the youth of Africa will throw out the legacy problems created in the food system over the last 100 years and come up with tech-enabled, nature-positive solutions that fast-track Africa's food production capacity to create jobs and make the continent self-sufficient,” said Dr Agnes Kalibata, President of AGRA and Former Special Envoy to the UN Food Systems Summit “High-profile competitions that reach millions of young people, like Pitch AgriHack, is playing a big role in agriculture.” The Pitch AgriHack 2022 finals will see the Top 12 applicants face off in a business pitching contest at the African Green Revolution Forum Summit (AGRF) in September. Finalists will participate in the AGRF Agribusiness Deal Room, where over 800 companies, 15 government delegations and 150 public and private investors will convene to generate exciting new opportunities. A fourth invite-only category known as the AYuTe Africa Challenge (/), sponsored by Heifer International, will award up to US$1.5 million in grants to scalable ventures that are already generating measurable impact for Africa's smallholder farmers. Winners from the 2022 AYuTe Africa Challenge will also be featured at the AGRF Summit. Applications for Pitch AgriHack are open from 20 June 2022 to 29 July 2022 at. African founders or co-founders, aged 18-40, of technology-based and digital services businesses in the agriculture sector, are eligible to enter the 2022 competition. The Top 12 applicants will be selected by an expert jury, followed by an award ceremony where three category winners and three runners-up will receive cash grants to grow their businesses. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds...

Skip Rutherford joins Rex Nelson on the latest episode of the Southern Fried Podcast to talk politics as they recap the May 24 primary and discuss their expectations for the November election. Rex and Skip also talk about the recent plans by Lyon College and private investors to convert much of the Heifer International campus in downtown Little Rock into dental and veterinary schools. Get the latest election news: https://www.arkansasonline.com/elections/

On this episode Leo interviews Steven Yung. He brings extensive management insights from leading multinational and local companies in Asia and the U.S.A. With a proven track record throughout the value chain via leadership roles in Consumer, Brand Innovation, Media & Entertainment, Property, Manufacturing, Retail, FinTech industries, his experiences range from CEO of HKEx-listed Imagi International and took China's #1 iconic IP to new heights via partnership with top global / Disney & local / Hauyi Brothers Movie & Licensing ventures ... led the successful IPO as Chairman of Clear Media / JV with NYSE-listed Clear Channel Worldwide ... General Manager / Office of the Chairman of HKEx-listed Sino Land Group ... President of NYSE-listed Nielsen Media International responsible for all operations outside of the U.S... Managing Director of Nielsen Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China ... Director of Jardine /DFI responsible for buying / merchandising / marketing of various retail brands 7-Eleven & Wellcome, etc.Based in the HQ of The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Steven was the first Asian to lead Global Marketing services in partnership with internal leaders in 200 countries worldwide and external partners such as Olympics, NBA, Disney, NFL, McDonald's, and more.As Director of Marketing Operations, Steven led a transformative integrated marketing deal with the All-Business Airline of Donald Trump via “Minute Maid ~ Official Juice of Trump Shuttle” in New York, Boston & Washington DC. This success led to & inspired a nationwide multi-year cause-marketing campaign to raise money to support USA Olympic Hopefuls. This impactful pitch was launched via unprecedented roadblock simulcast in over 200 terrestrial, cable & satellite channels preceded with a public service announcement by President Bush to rally community support of Olympic Hopefuls! His significant accomplishments were recognized with a citation as “agent of change”Born in Shanghai, Steven grew up in the multicultural Hong Kong ~ Asia's World City! To pay for his own college education with dual majors in Communication & Sociology, Steven started his career as a popular DJ / producer of Youth & Music Programs in the broadcasting industry. Highlight was his Producer role in Hong Kong's ‘Woodstock Live' Concert at the famous Rugby 7 Stadium. Leveraging his insightful knowledge in Youth & Music, Steven joined McCann Erickson International responsible for advertising & promotion of Coca- Cola and the successful launches of Sprite, Diet Coke, Hi-C, Bonaqua, and more throughout Asia. He was invited to join The Coca-Cola Company as Head of New Products onward to be the Chief Marketing Officer for the region ... before his promotion to Houston / Minute Maid HQ ... and upward to join / lead the Global Marketing of The Coca-Cola Company based in Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.As a firm believer to continuously give back to the community, Steven's diverse philanthropic roles included Board Director of Heifer International, Little Rock, Arkansas, Chairman of Investment Committee of Youth Global Network & Tao Fong Shan Foundation, Chairman of Youth Foundation, Board Director of Alpha Asia Foundation, Breakthrough, Child Development Matching Fund, Quality Mentoring Network, etc.Connect with Steven on LinkedIn Self-learning is of paramount importance in the business world, listen to your international peers and step up your game.Connect with the host Leonardo Marra on LinkedIn Follow the page on LinkedIn 

Up to 5 percent of Arkansas' population not counted in 2020 Census; state Finance Department sees surpluses this fiscal year and next; buyer found for Heifer International campus; Arkansas reports more than 400 new covid cases.

Walmart reports stronger sales for its fiscal first quarter; Heifer International agrees to sell its campus in the city; An Arkansas campaign finance report update

This week I'm chatting with Donna Kilpatrick from Heifer International, a global nonprofit working to eradicate poverty and hunger through sustainable, values-based holistic community development. Heifer International was kind enough to sponsor this interview with Donna. In our interview today, Donna and I will talk about her background and start with Heifer International, what regenerative farming practice looks like at the ranch, how we can balance sustainability while also trying to feed the world and her corgi that she is training to be a cattle dog.   Heifer International Website Learn more at our website: https://thefarmtraveler.com/ And be sure to follow us on social media! https://www.instagram.com/farm_traveler/ https://www.facebook.com/TheFarmTraveler https://www.youtube.com/farmtraveler Subscribe here: https://podkite.link/FarmTraveler Farm Traveler is part of the Waypoint Outdoor Collective, the Podcast Network for the Outdoors-man. Check out all of the Waypoint Outdoor Collective Podcasts HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, a change at Heifer International. Plus, our Militant Grammarian tracks down idiom origins, looking at the RNC censure, and much more.

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Arkansas-based Heifer International - a non-profit addressing poverty and hunger through agriculture - recently became a Savory Gloabal Network hub. The project from the Savory Institute aims to train more people on regenerative agriculture and holistic management as a way to combat climate change. Donna Kilpatrick, Heifer Ranch Manager and Land Steward, says the partnerships will make the 1,200-acre ranch in Perryville a leader in teaching restorative farming in the state.

When Pastor Kyle Delhagen writes his sermon every week, he has a prayer on his lips: Lord, your words, not mine.“I'm in love with words,” Delhagen says in this week's Enterprise podcast.He was installed in late October as the pastor at Hamilton Union Presbyterian Church, established in Guilderland in 1824.Although Delhagen grew up in a pastor's family, he wasn't sure he wanted to be pastor or raise his own family that way. “I fought against going into the ministry for a long time,” he said.Delhagen grew up in the Reformed Church in America. His mother's father was also a Reformed pastor. Delhagen himself was ordained in the Reformed Church.He likes the Presbyterian Church because it is “much, much bigger, much more expansive, much, much more tuned in to issues of justice that were passionate to my heart.”While the Reformed Church in America is one of the oldest denominations in the country, founded in 1628, Delhagen notes it is very small. It has about 200,000 members compared to 1.7 million in the Presbyterian Church.Delhagen loves lots of people in the Reformed Church, he said, but feels it is “tearing itself apart over issues of human sexuality.”“And so I have found myself to be adopted into this denomination,” Delhagen said of Presbyterianism. “And I love it here.”His congregation has taken up the Presbyteran Church's Matthew 25 vision. In that chapter of the Bible, Delhagen explains, Jesus “talks about that day of judgment when God is going to separate out the people and put at his right hand those who did God's will and, at his left hand, those who didn't.“And he says, ‘You know who fed me when I was hungry, you clothed me when I was nakend, you visited me when I was sick and in prison.' And the people say, ‘When did we do that, Jesus?' and he says, ‘Whenever you did it to the least of these, you did it to me.'”So churches that adopt the Matthew 25 vision seek to dismantle systemic racism and address structural poverty among other things. Hamilton Union this year focused on hunger, helping the Guilderland Food Pantry and the Regional Food Bank, Delhagen said.Hamilton Union also raised $5,000 to fill a metaphorical ark, through Heifer International, with cows and chickens and goats to help people in undeveloped countries.“I want to challenge my congregation and our community … to look at how issues of race and gender and economics intersect in creating systems of poverty,” said Delhagen.He went on, “There's a saying that, if a fish washes up on the shore, one might ask: What's wrong with the fish? If a bunch of fish wash up on the shore you have to ask: What's wrong with the water?”With poverty, churches and society tend to focus on addressing individual needs, which is important but, he said, we also need to look at the larger picture and address the issues keeping people in poverty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan reviews a recent mail piece from Heifer International which illustrates how gifts of bee hives can help feed children and support families around the the world. https://www.heifer.org/

Join Brian, Justin, Brett Weaver, Andrew Heaton, and Diamond Joe in the Green Room: reflecting on Bob Dole, the Badger Committee successfully got Heaton to move to Austin, Heaton taking a woman to an abandoned building for a date, satanic abortions, and one-sock wrestling??? Yes, one-sock wrestling. Plus, birthday borner and the F1 story NO ONE is talking about in Critical Racing Theory. Check out Andrew Heaton's new history-comedy podcast, Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/losers-pretenders-scoundrels/id1596616667 Check out Joe Diamond online: https://www.joediamondlive.com/ Donate to our Worldbuilders team, which is raising money for Heifer International: https://bit.ly/gnbuilders Get a bonus episode every week only at https://www.patreon.com/greatnight and enjoy the preshow and postshow in all the public feeds! Email us! GreatNightPod@gmail.com

This episode of Logistics with Purpose, powered by Supply Chain Now, features Steve Stirling. As President and CEO since 2014, Steve Stirling brings a wealth of experience as well as a unique perspective to MAP International. While a child in post-war Korea in the early 1960s, Steve suffered a life-altering bout with polio – a disease that could have been prevented with a few cents-worth of medication. It was a disease that made Steve dedicate his life to bring critically needed medicines and health supplies to some of the world's poorest people.Before assuming the role of President and CEO of MAP International, he held executive-level positions with nonprofits including with Child Fund International, Heifer International, Universal Life Sciences, ChildHelp and WorldVision US. Additionally, he worked for pharmaceutical companies that include the makers of Tylenol, Advil, and Bristol-Myers-Squibb/Mead Johnson Nutritionals. Steve earned his bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics at Cornell University and his MBA in Marketing and Finance at Northwestern University. Steve and his wife, Sook Hee, have two grown children.This episode was hosted by Scott Luton, Adrian Purtill, Enrique Alvarez, and Matilda Arhin. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/episode-506.

Derrick Jackson owns and operates Grass Grazed Farm with his wife Paige in North Carolina. Grass Grazed is a 60 acre farmstead where the Jacksons raise pastured livestock based on principles of sustainable agriculture.Please support this podcast by checking out:Steward: https://gosteward.com/EPISODE LINKSGrass Grazed Website: https://www.grassgrazed.com/Heifer International: https://www.heifer.org/PODCAST INFOApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/regenerative-agriculture-club/id1589813038Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NcUjBj2OIXjjcQBV0rPv2?si=ruFlImdlTvK9NBkTh1ptOQRSS Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1847147.rssFull Episode Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEOn-dUAkZxJzkzuRfs8ygOUTLINE:0:00 Introduction0:57 Derrick's 13 year military career and the transition to civilian life9:11 Initial market validation11:31 Characteristics of the farm15:26 Rotational Grazing 10121:22 Derrick's favorite cut of meat24:10 Balancing farm life with family life30:05 Farmers Concord42:44 How to buy Grass Grazed products

Episode Summary:What would happen if you took Silicon Valley smarts and talent and applied it to helping social impact entrepreneurs scale their enterprises? Doug Galen decided to find out. Motivated by his daughter's drive to make the world a better place, Doug founded RippleWorks, an organization that has now helped social ventures in 59 countries and counting. This is his story.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Doug GalenDoug Galen has been building innovative and disruptive companies for some twenty-five years. Doug Galen is the Co-Founder and CEO of RippleWorks. RippleWorks is relentlessly focused on the needs of social ventures, providing the practical support impactful entrepreneurs and their teams need to improve more lives. We work in 59 countries and have a portfolio of 110 organizations of which these ventures have helped 216 million people.In addition to RippleWorks, Doug teaches Startup Garage at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Doug sits on the Boards of Heifer International and Kenzie Academy as well as advises early-stage companies.Prior to RippleWorks, Doug served as Chief Revenue Officer at Shopkick, a mobile app startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and Greylock that successfully sold to a Fortune 50 company, SVP of business and corporate development at Shutterfly where he helped grow revenue from $50 million to $500 million and a successful IPO, VP and GM of new ventures for eBay where he helped create eight new business units with revenues of $500 million and was employee #3 and Vice President of Sales and Business Development for E-LOAN which had a successful IPO.Insights from the Episode:Understanding the ability to bridge from where you are to where you want to go in your career.How to pursue what you love doing: pursue it and stop when it is not working.How to acknowledge when you are out of sync and figure out what you have to do about it.How to marry purpose and impact into your day job and enjoy and feel happy about your work.Quotes from the show:“Naivety is a blessing and a curse when you are starting a company” -Doug Galen [14:53]“Trust isn't always in a great product or about speed, rather it is in the testimonials and attaching credibility to your company” -Doug Galen [20:10]“Trust is almost like the underpinnings of a capitalist society” -Sydney Finkelstein [26:12]“It's important to build a company that adds value and withstands hard times” -Doug Galen [23:05]“Money is a scarce resource, but so are skills and the ability to scale an organization” -Doug Galen [43:13]“There are a lot of people in the world who would like to help and give back but they do not know how to or where to begin” -Doug Galen [45:25]“Some of our best lessons in life come from our mistakes” -Doug Galen [43:59]“When an organization becomes really big, a great strategy is to zoom in on their operations and focus on something narrow that you can do better than them” -Doug Galen [1:04:20]“Don't go after what you should do, go after what you want to do. And if you go after what you want to do and it doesn't work, it is okay to stop and start over” -Doug Galen [1:07:00]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastDoug GalenWebsite: Homepage - RippleworksFacebook: Doug GalenLinkedIn: Doug GalenTwitter: @DougGalenSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

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You can check out the ways that Worldbuilders yearly fundraisers for Heifer International have helped make a better world by visiting our Impact Map. They also wrote more about the most recent fundraiser on their blog.Worldbuilders continues to support Heifer & other charities, and you can be part of it!You can donate directly to Worldbuilders to help support their work, or help support geeky creators and authors by checking out all the nerdy goodness at Worldbuilders Market.To learn more about Worldbuilders, follow us on social media:Twitter * Facebook * Instagram * Pinterest * Twitch

Steve Stirling is President and CEO of MAP International, a Christian nonprofit organization that each year, donates over $500 million dollars' worth of life-changing medicines and health supplies to treat more than 20 million poor people. In this episode, Stirling first speaks about acquiring polio as a child, as well as being abandoned by his father at an orphanage at an early age. He also speaks about his journey and the positive impact he has had on people in over 86 countries, as well as speaks about his book, The Crutch of Success. Stirling shares stories with Christopher Gomez regarding forgiving his father for past actions, the complicated adoption process, how business and virtues intersect, servant leadership, and the positive effect of God and prayer in his life. A donation of $10 provides $600 worth of medicine. Please consider donating! You can help prevent life-life long-suffering and give hope to a child so that they may realize their God-given potential.Steve Stirling has held executive-level positions with nonprofits including the Child Fund International, Heifer International, Universal Life Sciences, ChildHelp and WorldVision US. He has worked for pharmaceutical companies that have made Tylenol, Advil, and Bristol-Myers-Squibb/Mead Johnson Nutritionals. Stirling earned his Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics at Cornell University and his MBA in Marketing and Finance at Northwestern University.

Chris Widener is a best-selling author of 20 books and one of the top speakers in the world who has spoken at over 500 network marketing conferences! He co-hosted the TV show True Performance with Zig Ziglar and also worked with John Maxwell. He became the last protégé of the world-renowned Jim Rohn and even co-authored a book with him that became a best seller called, The Twelve Pillars. In addition to all this, twice in a row, he became the top recruiter at direct sales companies in only one year. In this episode, listen as he shares how everyone has influence, how integrity is the key to wider and deeper influence, and how admiration, respect, and loyalty help you to create longevity in your influence. Listen now to learn how you can apply all of Chris's advice so that you can start having a massive impact now! You can find Chris's latest book Lasting Impact at http://amazon.com/dp/1641464763. You can also join the Fellowship of Christian Network Marketers at https://networkersfellowship.com/. You can also reach Chris at http://chriswidener.com, or https://www.facebook.com/widener/, or https://www.instagram.com/chriswidenerspeaker/. If you're interested in his coaching program, you can reach out to him at chris@chriswidener.com. Recent inspiration: Reality competition showsCause he's passionate about: World Vision and Heifer International projects  Best advice he's ever received: “Be a voice, not an echo.” 

This episode of Logistics with Purpose, powered by Supply Chain Now, features Steve Stirling. As President and CEO since 2014, Steve Stirling brings a wealth of experience as well as a unique perspective to MAP International. While a child in post-war Korea in the early 1960s, Steve suffered a life-altering bout with polio – a disease that could have been prevented with a few cents-worth of medication. It was a disease that made Steve dedicate his life to bring critically needed medicines and health supplies to some of the world's poorest people. Before assuming the role of President and CEO of MAP International, he held executive-level positions with nonprofits including with Child Fund International, Heifer International, Universal Life Sciences, ChildHelp and WorldVision US. Additionally, he worked for pharmaceutical companies that include the makers of Tylenol, Advil, and Bristol-Myers-Squibb/Mead Johnson Nutritionals. Steve earned his bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics at Cornell University and his MBA in Marketing and Finance at Northwestern University. Steve and his wife, Sook Hee, have two grown children. Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and ALL Supply Chain Now Programming Here: https://supplychainnowradio.com/subscribe Leave a review for Supply Chain Now: https://ratethispodcast.com/supplychainnow Connect with Scott on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/scottwindonluton/ Connect with Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sgstirlinginseattle/ Connect with Matilda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matilda-arhin-6b94b5a/ Connect with Adrian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-purtill-947a2b5/ Connect with Enrique on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enrique-alvarez-64332a2/ Learn More about MAP International: https://www.map.org/ Supply Chain Now Ranked #3 Supply Chain YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/yazfegov Download the Q3 2020 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index: freight.usbank.com/?es=a229&a=20 WEBINAR: The Connected IoT Supply Chain: https://tinyurl.com/yym2fvcl Check Out News From Our Sponsors: U.S. Bank: www.usbpayment.com/transportation-solutions Capgemini: www.capgemini.com/us-en/ Vector Global Logistics: vectorgl.com/ Verusen: www.verusen.com/ This episode was hosted by Scott Luton, Adrian Purtill, Enrique Alvarez, and Matilda Arhin. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/episode-506.

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The following is a conversation between Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving. In this interview, Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International, shares the following: • Passing on the Gift is part of Heifer International's charitable model • Farmers taking product directly to consumers • Why Heifer recently joined the Facebook-led Libra Association

Technology and farming always have mixed well in the United States, but in many other countries, particularly in the underdeveloped world, it’s a different story. Why does it matter, and what can be done about it? Richard Miles interviews Gbola Adesogan, Director of the Livestock Systems Innovation Lab at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). TRANSCRIPT: Intro: 0:01 Inventors and their inventions. Welcome to Radio Cade a podcast from the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida. The museum is named after James Robert Cade, who invented Gatorade in 1965. My name is Richard Miles. We’ll introduce you to inventors and the things that motivate them, we’ll learn about their personal stories, how their inventions work, and how their ideas get from the laboratory to the marketplace. Richard Miles: 0:39 Technology and farming always has mixed well in the United States, but in many other countries, particularly in the underdeveloped world, it’s a different story. Why does it matter and what can be done about it? I’m your host, Richard Miles, and today on radio Cade, I’m pleased to welcome Gbola Adesogan, a professor at the University of Florida and director of the livestock systems innovation lab at the university’s Institute of food and agricultural sciences, otherwise known as IFAS. Welcome to Radio Cade, Gbola. Gbola Adesogan: 1:05 Thank you. Richard Miles: 1:06 So, Gbola, you develop technologies that improve livestock production in eight African and Asian countries, and this is paid for in part by the U.S. government. So I think the first thing we need to explain to our listeners is why is a university in North central Florida working on improving agricultural technologies in African nation ? Gbola Adesogan: 1:25 Okay, thank you for that question. And thank you for this opportunity. I think we’re all aware about a growing global population, the problems of poverty and hunger, and in many countries, what many of us may not be aware of is the problem of hidden hunger, which is when people lack certain nutrients in their diets that prevent them from reaching their potential. And this malnutrition deficiency or stunting is something which is prevalent in many developing countries. And we have come to realize the research has shown that a deficiency of these certain key nutrients causes lifelong problems. It’s Tom’s physical development, as well as cognitive development. So children are less able to do well in school. Their test scores are much lower. Their IQs are much lower and more susceptible to diseases and so on. And we have come to realize that the nutrients which are missing in the diets of those children, which caused this problem are present in livestock products. And we have a longstanding department of animal sciences and a community at UF, a community of researchers who have experience in developing technologies that can help to prevent this problem, improve livestock production, improve the supply of these missing nutrients in the diet. So we, as a team of , uh , several faculty across different units at the University of Florida, most of us from IFAS, collectively submitted a proposal to manage this livestock systems innovation lab, which has at its core, a vision to sustainably intensify livestock production, so that we can improve the nutrition, the health, the incomes, and the livelihoods of the poor in these eight countries. Richard Miles: 3:14 If we could define livestock, is it just large animals are talking about or does go all the way down to say chickens? Gbola Adesogan: 3:19 Yes, it does include small animals. So chickens, pigs, sheep, and goats, and cattle, and even Buffalo in Nepali in one of our countries. Richard Miles: 3:30 So if I understand the concept, as you explain it Gbola, but it’s not necessarily that people are not getting enough calories and they’re literally starving, they may be getting enough calories, but they’re not getting enough nutrients. And that’s because they’re only eating presumably one thing, one crop, and they’re getting no protein. Do I have that right? Gbola Adesogan: 3:48 Yes, you do. It’s that in most rural areas in the countries where we work and in many developing countries, the diets of the poor and the vulnerable are usually starch base . So it could be yams or potatoes or pasta or rice. And they may have some vegetables with that, but they lack the main nutrients that are needed for preventing this cognitive problem that occurs as a result of stunting. And those would be things like zinc, vitamin B12, which is only present in animal products, iron IOD, a vitamin a on a number of others. And what is advantage yours from a livestock product standpoint is that they contain those nutrients. And in many cases, the livestock products are the only readily bioavailable sources of those nutrients. So something like B12, you can only get from animal sources, iron, you can get from spinach and other plant sources, but it’s not as bioavailable. And so for the small brains of infants, you need an dense and readily bioavailable source of these nutrients. Richard Miles: 4:56 Let’s talk a little bit about the broader concept of food security, which is something I think most people in United States or developed countries don’t really understand that because it’s rare, except in hurricane comes through that you can’t go to the store at any time of the day and basically get the food that you need or want for a reasonable price. But in other countries, that’s not the case at all. As you’ve illustrated, you simply can’t get certain types of food, but if over time, certain parts of the population cannot get over the long period, these type of nutrients, what happens to the stability of society or even the government. Can you explore that concept of food security a little bit? Gbola Adesogan: 5:31 Yeah. So if we, first of all, look at food security is broader there’s provision of food to address hunger. And then there’s hidden hunger as well. And the lack of the nutrients, this taunting itself not only affects the cognitive development of children and their physical development so that they never achieved their high potential. And these are things that are very difficult to reverse. In fact, someone said , says condemns children to a lifetime of underperformance and underachievement. In many of these countries, a child who does not perform well in school has a far lower chance of holding down or even getting a good job. And so their ability to care for the community is reduced substantially. And these are extended family systems where there’s a lot of dependency on an individual. So the negative effects spiral beyond the individual, into the community. Now with hunger itself, when communities lack the essential nutrients or lack access to food that can cause really, really terrible problems in some of the areas of the world, some of the terrorism problems , some of the migration problems that are occurring are relation to food access and food affordability, and people are migrating sometimes simply because they want to be able to provide for their family. Richard Miles: 6:52 So really this is a very insidious problem in that in the one instance, if there’s literally no food at all, then people may riot or move. But in what you’re talking about with the hidden hunger problem, it can be such that the real effects for the real dangers appear actually later as a cohort, age cohort goes up. And as you said, they’ve been stunted because they didn’t have, for instance, B12 and their entire lives, they’re not going to be as productive as they could have been. Gbola Adesogan: 7:19 That’s correct studies that I’ve shown that IQ’s intelligence quotient of children who are stunted is far less, sometimes five points, less, much higher than that. And then there’s a study that was done by World Bank Researchers that showed that if the workforce of a nation is made up of people who are stunted in childhood, the economic productivity of that nation is going to be reduced by 7% on average. But for African and Asian countries, the average value is 10% for certain African countries. The value is as high as 16%. So this is not just an individual problem or a societal problem is a national problem. And these are countries where poverty is very high and there’s a great need for economic development to provide jobs and so on and so forth. So that’s stunting has ripple effects that just go on and on and on . Richard Miles: 8:11 But one of the reasons that the United States government is interested in this type of developing partnerships is that it seems like as a country, there are cultural system becomes more sophisticated, not coincidentally. They tend to start buying more agricultural products or technologies from the United States for a country that is getting new systems in place. What sort of trade or economic relationships do they develop with say suppliers in the United States? What sort of products are they now starting to import from the U.S. that they weren’t importing before? Gbola Adesogan: 8:39 So there are several benefits that are accrued to the U.S. from these partnerships. And examples are sometimes some of our projects involve trying to tackle diseases like in Uganda and Kenya, we’re working on PPR or Pesta Patura now, which is a viral disease of sheep and goats that started from ivory coast and spread throughout Africa. A lot of the middle East, that nation, thankfully, it’s not here yet. And so we’re testing a Thermo stable vaccine for containing the disease. So that whole disease prevention aspect is something that our lab is working on as well as several other labs. Now, to answer your specific question, the soybean association of the U.S. has partnered with the soybean innovation lab for instance, and they are helping with supplying soybean to countries where soybean is needed. There are companies in the U S that are also developing new varieties of fodder or forages for animal feed that are drought tolerant, that the grain can be used for human food consumption. And then the straw can be used for animal consumption. And in certain cases, the whole plant can be fed to animals. So there are companies that are also involved at many of the big companies, big ad companies. We have how foundations that are also involved in these countries. The U.S. Sorghum Association has worked with the sorghum and millet innovation lab to help improve the capacity, to provide improved varieties in different countries across the world as well. Richard Miles: 10:07 So you’ve mentioned several times these innovation labs and indeed you’re the director of the livestock systems innovation lab. What do you think are some of the more interesting and successful projects that these innovation labs have done in these countries? If you could give us a few examples of what ideas did they come up that materially or dramatically improved the system in the country, in which they’re working, Gbola Adesogan: 10:28 I’ll give some examples of some of our work. Then I’ll talk about maybe a couple of other labs. And we in the livestock lab are funded by both USCID and the Gates foundation, but feed the future is a much broader initiative. It’s an across government initiative that was started in 2009 during the Obama administration and enacted into law with strong bipartisan support. And it’s been reauthorized twice since then, last time being last year with very strong bipartisan support as well. And these labs try and address issues of poverty and hunger in the developing world. And they use agricultural led economic growth as one of the methods of alleviating the problems in this country. And also trying to enhance the resilience of the individuals. Now, some specific technologies that have been developed that we have developed , i’ll give maybe two or three examples. One of them was a smartphone app for formulating balanced rations or livestock for cows and Buffalo in Nepal. So this app allows us to match the nutrient needs of cattle with what the diet is supplying . So we are able to determine how much corn, how much soybean, how much vitamins and so on to mix into a ration for a cow. And that avoids a lot of wastage. And it means that meeting the nutrient needs of the cow and 94% of those who tried this in Nepal, saw that the milk production from their cows was improved. Another example from Nepal, we tried some technologies for reducing mastitis. Mastitis is when the utter of the cow gets inflamed. So bacteria get into the teat canal and release a toxin, and that can reduce milk production severely, and it can also pose a food safety hazard. It makes the milk less suitable for processing and so on. And so we deployed some technologies which are commonly used here in the U.S. in Nepal. And we reduce mastitis in Buffalo from 78 to 18%. So the prevalence was very drastically reduced. And one of our partners Heifer International is now scaling that to thousands of farmers in Nepal. Other labs have also developed several innovations. In fact, I think there are about 900 technologies that have been developed by these Feed the Future innovation labs. And another example that has been successful is developmental a moisture testing device, which is very useful. And this was done by the post-harvest innovation lab in partnership with some colleagues in garner and a young man named Ceci , Mr. Ceci in Ghana, he won to one of the MIT on the 35 innovator awards last year. And he got that award because of his work with this lab. And this moisture meter is very, very useful for determining how much moisture is in green samples. And if we store greens with too much moisture, then they become moldy and they can produce the toxin, which is carcinogenic. So these technologies can have really beneficial effects in many parts of the world. Mr. Ceci has now established a company, and he’s now selling some of these moisture meters. And he got that knowledge through his interaction with the post-harvest innovation lab at Kansas State University. Richard Miles: 13:44 That’s amazing the success rates that you were citing and the adoption rates, this technology is really pretty spectacular. How is it that these innovation labs are so successful in getting the farmers in these countries to adopt the new technology? Because I think there’s this preconception or stereotypes , certainly United States say, well, all the tech savvy people are the ones who work in the high tech firms and the people who are still in the agricultural sector or more traditional, but in this case, and certainly I know in the United States, farmers are actually the ones who are very early adopters of new technologies because they see these results in your experience, working in the countries, you’ve worked in, how exactly do you connect with the farmers on the ground and say, here’s a new process, whether it’s a smartphone app or another thing you really should use it is the reaction skeptical is enthusiastic? What do they say? Gbola Adesogan: 14:30 So in the developing world, you have the same type of range of perceptions about new technology. As we have here, you have the early adopters, you have those who are very slow to take on anything new, but I think it’s a question of looking at the whole process of behavior change as something to be approached strategically and carefully. And I would also say that it’s not something that we’ve nailed down within the livestock innovation lab. We continue to work on this, but understanding the context is very important. Understanding the social cultural context in many of these countries, women play a very vital role in livestock within agricultural practice and production and involving the women is often critical to the success of technologies. Understanding the context is very important on working alongside the farmers, understanding their needs, first of all, and then try to figure out what matters to them. So I’ll give one more example. One of my colleagues here at UF, Sarah McCune, led one of our 45 projects in Burkina Faso in West Africa in the area they raise poultry, but egg consumption is very low, particularly among children. So what she was trying to do was to increase egg consumption by children and she used education. So she had a control group of villages, where there was no intervention. She had another group where there was training on the importance of eggs in the diet, the nutritional benefits of consuming eggs. And then there was also a training on raising poultry properly. So that was the educational intervention, but the full intervention was that educational intervention plus gifting of chickens to the families. Now, what was unique was that she not only gifted chickens, but she elicited the help of village elders and ask the village elders to talk to the parents and get them to commit, to feeding one egg a day to a child. And that was successful. So at the end of the 10 month study, what we found is those children on the control group was still eating no eggs. Those in the education group, the partial intervention, they were now eating two eggs a week. Those in the full intervention were eating six eggs a week, a tremendous breakthrough, and this made the national news in Burkina Faso. And what was very striking was that the children in the control group got more malnourished. Monitoring scores, including on the weight and wasting worsened and wasting is associated with childhood mortality. But in the full intervention group, those calls were decreased. And people who visited the children in the different villages said, you could tell immediately where you go to a full intervention village because the children were more active and playful and it looked bright and so on and so forth. And that was just from giving them an egg a day. Richard Miles: 17:16 So for a researcher, this is like a dream come true, get all the results you want from your various control group and full on intervention and so on. Well , let’s talk a little bit about you now. Uh , personally, you have somewhat of an advantage, as you’d said, understanding the cultural context cause you yourself are from Nigeria. And so you obviously have a strong personal connection to your work, particularly in that region. So, I understand your father was a chemistry teacher. Your mother was a nursing instructor, tell us a little bit, and our listeners, what your childhood was like and what led you ultimately to animal science. Gbola Adesogan: 17:46 So I had somewhat of a privileged upbringing because my parents were both educators in Nigeria. And so I had a great childhood. It was probably quite similar to a middle class childhood here in the U.S, But this specific influences that led me to animal science is kind of interesting. My best friend in elementary school was from Germany. His dad was a visiting professor from Germany who came to spend some time in Nigeria at the University of Ibadan where my dad worked. And because this young person Mark was my best friend, we hung out a lot together. And every now and again, his dad would take us to the farm, to the animal science farm. And we would see the animals and look at what he was doing and so on and so forth. And I think that with maybe an innate love for animals is what drove me to the animal science career. And in 2013, when I learned about stunting and I learned about the fact that animal products contain the nutrients that are lacking in fact was a specific presentation. I listened to one in which someone presented some information from a research project published in American journal where feeding just a little bit of meat to children in Kenya, increased their test scores, average over five school semesters and all school subjects improve their test scores by 45% that got my attention, just the thought that improving the diet or these children could improve their lives and therefore improve society, improve the country as a whole. That is a very strong motivating factor for me, as well as my faith. I’m a Christian. And so this all really dovetails with the teachings of Jesus. Richard Miles: 19:26 That’s fascinating Gbola. What is next for you? And do you have research projects, new ones that you intend to embark on, or have you thought about other areas in what you’d like to do in terms of an intervention what’s next for you? Gbola Adesogan: 19:37 So we’re now in the fifth year of a five year project from USCID. The Gates project goes on for another two years after this. So we’re now working with USCID on our next tension and early indications are that we will be able to get one. So we are gearing up for the next five years. We’re thinking about how can we continue to do innovative work, develop new technologies? How can we make sure we have even greater impacts? So yesterday for instance, we had a discussion with some of the folks at USCID about engaging the private sector strategies for even more effective engagement of the private sector, because we don’t want to just do research. That shows something is beneficial, but the true test of the success of our work is to what extent is it adopted? And to what extent does it have long lasting and sustainable impacts? So that’s something we’re gearing up on with strategizing on. We have a lot of faculty across UF who work with us and they are really the secret of our success. And we’ve had discussions on this already this year and we continue to do so. Richard Miles: 20:44 Well. I have to admit to a little bit of envy because I spent most of my career in foreign affairs. Some of it doing development work and some of the countries I was in. And I got to tell you, a lot of people put a lot of effort into designing certain programs of democracy, building and education, and rarely if ever do they get the results that you’re talking about working in solving the problems of hidden hunger and so on and really profound. It’s hard to see how these won’t help these countries longterm, because if what you’re describing is successful. And as you said, it’s sustainable over the longterm , talking about a benefit and a gain for really everyone. It’s not just that kid who got the B12 and they needed, it’s the entire society that benefits from more productive individual and stable society and so on. So I really commend you on your work. Look forward to having you back on the show at some point to give us an update on what’s going on and wish you all the best. Gbola Adesogan: 21:31 Thank you so much. Thank you. Richard Miles: 21:33 I am Richard Miles . Outro: 21:35 Radio Cade is produced by the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention located in Gainesville, Florida. Richard Miles is the podcast host and Ellie Thom coordinates inventor interviews, podcasts are recorded at Heartwood Soundstage and edited and mixed by Bob McPeak. The Radio Cade theme song was produced and performed by Tracy Collins and features violinist, Jacob Lawson.

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On February 26th, Bard MBA in Sustainability spoke with Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International about Heifer's initiatives for addressing hunger and poverty while helping to reinforce and build local communities in the process. Pierre Ferrari was born in the Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of Congo). Ferrari received a master's degree in economics from The University of Cambridge and a Master's of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He joined Heifer with more than 40 years of business experience at companies like Coca-Cola USA, CARE and the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund. "Heifer links communities and helps bring sustainable agriculture and commerce to areas with a long history of poverty. Our animals provide partners with both food and reliable income, as agricultural products such as milk, eggs and honey can be traded or sold at market. When many families gain this new sustainable income, it brings new opportunities for building schools, creating agricultural cooperatives, forming community savings and funding small businesses." Join the Bard MBA in Sustainability program for our twice-monthly dial-in podcast series over your lunchtime featuring sustainability leaders from the New York City area and across the planet. Sustainable Business Fridays convenes every first and fourth Friday of the month during the semester, with special guests selected by students in the Bard MBA in Sustainability program.