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The winter avalanche has arrived. All those holiday catalogs vying for space with the bills in our mailboxes. Thus, it is time to put grievances aside and do our annual virtual shopping for the politicians who have failed us so abysmally this year. And a few who have even done their jobs.

Just as food producers shifted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to accommodate the decrease in demand from restaurants, some are pivoting this fall again to provide smaller turkeys for smaller Thanksgiving dinners.

Buying your bird local this year could be the best way to ensure the highest quality turkey, while also supporting small farms that have struggled to meet demand over the past few months to accommodate smaller family gatherings with smaller birds.

Antonia Nakijoba of Lukerere Village, Kalungu Sub-county, Kalungu District, says she owes her comfortable retirement to the decision she made to leave Kampala where she struggled trying one job after another to make both ends meet.

As of October 6th, the World Trade Organization (WTO) was projecting that global trade in goods could decline by as much as 9 percent over the entire year due to the disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Demand soars as Americans cooking more amid shutdowns seek ways to liven up their meals.

Cargill and international development organization Heifer International together have been positively impacting local communities in India through the Hatching Hope Global Initiative.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the highest rates of environmental degradation in some parts of the country as people sought for alternative economic activities to survive the lockdown. Read how Heifer International supports smallholder farmers shows that 69 percent of farmers in the area where the organisation operates resorted to tree-cutting for various reasons.

Natasha Lyonne presented the first humanitarian award to Uzo Aduba, who she said embodies The Creative Coalition’s mission of affecting social change. Aduba joined Heifer International, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger, as an ambassador to Africa.

COVID-19 restrictions have changed everything in northern Kenya. In drought-prone Samburu, government restrictions have closed local markets where families sell their livestock and buy basic commodities for the meals they eat every day.