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Dr. Terry Wollen from Heifer International will speak to Village Heifer Club on Wednesday.Dr. Terry Wollen to speak at Village Heifer Club this Wednesday, October 27, at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines.
Wollen, a veterinarian, serves Heifer International as the Interim Vice President for Advocacy. Heifer’s Advocacy program supports the mission to work with communities to end hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. Heifer does this by supporting practices, systems and policies that help limited-resource communities and families with improved local food systems, livestock in sustainable development, agro-ecological agriculture and gender equity in Heifer International programs.
Heifer promotes integrated community-based development with an emphasis on value chains that support livelihoods. Heifer provides training to staff, program participants and partners; collaborate with other agencies doing similar activity and work with local governments and other agencies within the context of the area where it is working.
Dr. Wollen’s background is in food animal medicine and production. His experience includes the Army Veterinary Corps; large animal veterinary practice in dairy, beef and equine medicine in Idaho; and 20 years in research and development with the Bayer Corporation, Animal Health Division. Since then, he has worked in international development programs directly as Head of Mission for UMCOR in Armenia and with Heifer International in Asia before returning to the US at the Heifer International World Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas.In addition to Wollen’s talk last minute preparations for the upcoming Living Gift Market will be made. It is still not too late to pick up a cow head for your yard. The Living Gift Market is coming up November 13 at the Coronado Center. The Living Gift Market offers Villagers the opportunity to give the gift of giving, in the name of a loved one, a Heifer animal to impoverished families around the world.
Wollen, a veterinarian, serves Heifer International as the Interim Vice President for Advocacy. Heifer’s Advocacy program supports the mission to work with communities to end hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. Heifer does this by supporting practices, systems and policies that help limited-resource communities and families with improved local food systems, livestock in sustainable development, agro-ecological agriculture and gender equity in Heifer International programs.
Heifer promotes integrated community-based development with an emphasis on value chains that support livelihoods. Heifer provides training to staff, program participants and partners; collaborate with other agencies doing similar activity and work with local governments and other agencies within the context of the area where it is working.
Dr. Wollen’s background is in food animal medicine and production. His experience includes the Army Veterinary Corps; large animal veterinary practice in dairy, beef and equine medicine in Idaho; and 20 years in research and development with the Bayer Corporation, Animal Health Division. Since then, he has worked in international development programs directly as Head of Mission for UMCOR in Armenia and with Heifer International in Asia before returning to the US at the Heifer International World Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas.In addition to Wollen’s talk last minute preparations for the upcoming Living Gift Market will be made. It is still not too late to pick up a cow head for your yard. The Living Gift Market is coming up November 13 at the Coronado Center. The Living Gift Market offers Villagers the opportunity to give the gift of giving, in the name of a loved one, a Heifer animal to impoverished families around the world.
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