b'MEET FOOD HEROES IN UGANDA, ECUADOR, NEPAL AND THE UNITED STATES Strength in the Face of Adversity: Farmers and Local Food Systems Adapt to Meet the Challenges of COVID-19Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many farmers and others working in food systems saw their sources of income change radically or even vanish overnight, as much of the world locked down to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Although the challenges presented by the pandemic wereand still areextensive, Heifer International project participants responded with resolve across the 21 countries in which we work. With access to the right resources, farmers successfully shifted their way of working and took advantage of opportunities to reconnect to markets.The following stories are just a handful of the inspiring examples weve seen in the last year. From Uganda to Ecuador, Nepal to right here in the United States, small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs working with Heifer show resilience in the face of crisis while holding the solution to feeding their communities.LEFTPilar Chamorro, holds a basket of food in Quito, Ecuador. (Photo by Isadora Romero)HEIFER.ORG |17'