Author: Issy

On the Front Line

Local farmers from a remote community being given a tour of our demo plots at the University in La Ceiba city. These farmers live on the front line of deforestation, meaning supporting them to...

The marvels of evolution

A giant leaf katydid in Pico Bonito Rainforest, Honduras. By supporting our work, you are helping protect this species and thousands of others found in these forests. (Photo Credit:James Adams)

With A Little Help From My Friends

Inga alley cropping massively reduces the work entailed in getting a good harvest. It does, though, require some hard graft to get the system established in the first place – however friends, neighbours and...

Honduran farmer Guadalupe carrying Inga seedling up to his steeply sloping land – by planting Inga alleys along the contours of the slope Guadalupe can stop the relentless process of erosion and enable the...

New Tree Nursery Being Put to Good Use

As the interest from Honduran farmers continues to climb, we’re get plenty of use out of our fabulous new tree nursery as we work to supply the thousands of seedlings required to keep the...

The forests where we work in Honduras are home to all sorts of fantastic creatures, such as this little beast – the Corytophanes cristatus lizard. Each family who takes up Inga alley cropping brings...

Inga Lives Up To Farmer Expectations

Honduran farmer Jacobo now has several years’ experience with Inga alley cropping. Seeing how well the system has functioned for him over the last few years, Jacobo is now converting the land shown here...

Project Center Land Transformed

Our Project Centre lands has been transformed. A year ago this was grassland – now it is barely recognisable. The Inga trees are several meters high already and are beginning to shade out the...

Local farmers and friends pitch in to help out Guadalupe, one of our newest Inga farmers, as he gets started on his way to a secure and sustainable livelihood.

And we don’t just have a brand new tree nursery – we also now have a whole new set of Pepper Propagating Units up and running at our Project Center in Honduras.