New South Produce Cooperative Putting More on the Table
New South Produce Cooperative, based in North Little Rock, has been in business close to two years now, providing Arkansas residents another source of locally grown produce. read more >
New South Produce Cooperative, based in North Little Rock, has been in business close to two years now, providing Arkansas residents another source of locally grown produce. read more >
Heifer International launches a $12.6 million project to help 30,000 farmers in Kenya increase the quantity and improve the quality of the milk they produce. read more >
Heifer International announces a five-year program to help 25,000 people in east Africa start small businesses or find jobs in the agriculture industry. read more >
Heifer International is launching a new partnership that will provide more agricultural information to farmers in Kenya who don't have internet access. read more >
A United Nations agency is partnering with an Arkansas-based nonprofit group to launch a $4 million program for dairy farmers in East Africa. read more >
Bill Fitzgerald began work Monday as creative director at Thoma Thoma, the brand marketing firm. His hiring completed a sort of big-league trade with CJRW in the Little Rock advertising world. read more >
A nonprofits resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >
Margaret McEntire has found herself in the midst of a second redevelopment wave in downtown Little Rock. A player on the River Market scene since 1999, McEntire is now hosting change instead of making it happen. read more >
The Grass Roots Farmers' Cooperative is a group of sustainable livestock farmers who share resources and difficult, time-consuming tasks related to processing, marketing and distribution of the meat the farms produce. read more >
The “Navigating the New Media” workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 26 at the Heifer International Village in Little Rock. The cost to attend is $50 for students, $75 for IABC members and $100 for nonmembers, the group said in a news release. read more >
Charity Navigator reported a fall by Heifer from three stars to two as of July 1, 2013. That rating has rebounded to three stars again, as of Dec. 22. read more >
After more than 30 years at Cromwell Architects Engineers Inc., CEO Charley Penix has the long view of the firm, on what has allowed it to survive 130 years to become the oldest architecture firm in Arkansas and one of the oldest in the United States. read more >
The Arkansas Nonprofit Alliance spearheaded a philanthropic event Tuesday to raise money and awareness for various causes around the state. read more >
After more than two decades working alongside sustainable development experts at Heifer International, I am confident that world hunger can be eliminated with the appropriate approach and collaboration. read more >
Five years after Heifer International laid off about 20 percent of its workforce because of a falloff in revenue and almost four years after it announced a new CEO, Heifer is placing new emphasis on measuring its impact on the mostly rural families it seeks to help. read more >
Jo Luck, the former president and CEO of Heifer International, will be the featured speaker at the Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture Series this week. read more >
Jo Luck, the retired president and CEO of Heifer International, is scheduled to be the featured speaker at the third annual Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture Series in April. read more >
Jerry C. Jones of Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock has been elected to an at-large position of the board of directors of international nonprofit Heifer International. read more >
A Reddit user gets a fun holiday surprise through the website's annual Secret Santa gift exchange: a cow from Heifer International donated in her name by Microsoft founder Bill Gates. read more >
Little Rock is designating a day in early December to encourage charitable efforts. read more >
