In the first of this podcast’s kind, I interviewed Jason Woods, journalist for Heifer International. Heifer is a global non-profit organization that works to provide livestock and agricultural support in order to end hunger and build economies. In this podcast, Jason explains how Heifer International began; we discuss the work the Heifer International does around the world with a few success stories; and how “social capital” benefits communities. I also learn about the treacherous business of harvesting cardamom — it’s more dangerous than you could imagine.

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You can listen to the episode below or on Soundcloud.

Show Notes: 

• Macon Blair, director (our podcast interview)
• Micro-investing
• Buy a goat for a family!
• Dan West, founder
• Llamas, alpacas
• Stingless bees in the Yucatan
• Climate change and drought
• Building a lake in Haiti
• Coffee rust fungus
• Los meses flacos
• Cardamom farming in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
  

  Elvira Pec Beb stands in front of her cardamom plants with three of her children.

• Thrips
• Kardamomuss restaurant in Alta Verapaz
• La barba amarilla snake
• Zambia
• Ecuador mangrove forests
• Martín Pescador restaurant in Quito
• Arroz marinero (video)
• Perryville, Arkansas & Rutland, Massachusetts
• Grassroots meat co-op
• New South produce co-op
• Building ‘Social Capital’
• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
• World Ark quarterly newsletter
• Vetiver farming in Haiti
• Heifer gift catalog
• West Meets East Fundraiser