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Article: Gifts that keep on giving: cows, pigs, bees, geese...
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- December 26, 2007
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By Norma Greenaway
THE gifts are fun and sometimes a tad exotic. Llamas, water buffalo, heifers, pigs, honeybees, geese, ducks and chicks -- not to mention the option of tree seedlings.
Those are among the gift ideas offered by Heifer International, a non-profit organization dedicated to tackling hunger around the world by giving families the tools and training needed to produce their own food instead of relying on short-term relief.
Most people correctly assume the donations, ranging from $500 for a heifer to $30 for a beehive, are used to provide livestock and other food sources to impoverished Third World families.
What many people don't know, however, is that U.S.-based Heifer is also ...