end hunger and poverty The mission of Heifer International is to end hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth. Heifer does this by providing appropriate livestock, training and related services to small-scale farmers and communities worldwide.

Since its founding in 1944, Heifer International has, through gifts of livestock and training, assisted eight and a half million families in more than 125 countries and thirty-eight U.S. states, including Arkansas. Heifer International was founded by Dan West, an Indiana farmer and peacemaker.

Feeding and nutrition is vital for the growth of young heifers. Well-grown heifers will produce more milk, compete better with mature cows and survive longer in the herd.

female cows Heifers are female cows who have not yet given birth to a calf. Farmers can raise heifers for dairy or for meat. In the 1830s, heifer, which is pronounced "HEFF-er," was first used as slang for "woman" or "girl." Since then, it took on the meaning of a female who is obese.

Heifer International started as Heifers for Relief in 1944. Its founder, an Ohio farmer named Dan West, was a Church of the Brethren relief worker during the Spanish Civil War. Working with Quakers and Mennonites, West directed a program where hungry children were given rations of milk.

Providing animals with balanced nutrition in their feed helps farmers reduce the risk of diseases and improve feed efficiency, which means less feed is required to produce the same amount of meat, milk or eggs. This saves farmers money on feed costs and reduces their environmental footprint by minimizing waste.

They need energy to grow, to move, to keep themselves warm and to heal their body when it gets hurt or sick. Where does the energy that animals use come from? (Allow the students to answer.) The energy that animals use comes from the food that they eat. Some animals eat other animals and some animals eat plants.

A heifer is a female that has not had any offspring. The term usually refers to immature females; after giving birth to her first calf, however, a heifer becomes a cow. An adult male is known as a bull.

"The Heifer" or "The Cow"), is the second and longest chapter (surah) of the Quran. It consists of 286 verses (āyāt) which begin with the "muqatta'at" letters alif (ا), lām (ل), and mīm (م). Q2:282 is the longest single verse in the Quran, and is concerned with agricultural futures contracts.

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Types of Nutrition in Animals

• Filter Feeding: obtaining nutrients from particles suspended in water.
• Deposit feeding: obtaining nutrients from particles suspended in the soil.
• Fluid feeding: obtaining nutrients by consuming other organisms' fluids.
• Bulk feeding: obtaining nutrients by eating the whole of an organism.

Essential for their growth, reproduction, and sustenance of animals, foods should contain seven classes of nutrients form the cornerstone of their dietary needs: carbohydrates, fats, fiber, minerals, proteins, vitamins, and water.