Author: Issy

The new tree nursery in Honduras is complete and in use! Here the team are working to set out hundreds of cuttings of black pepper, one of the best cash crops to grow within...

As more and more families in Honduras join our project, we need ever more Inga seeds. As our own Inga seed orchard isn’t yet mature, we’re always on the lookout for more seed, meaning...

A while back we posted a picture of the living stakes we had planted for growing pepper vines using Inga alley cropping. At the time the living stakes didn’t look very convincingly living so...

Inga trees can also be used to support reforestation work and create biological corridors of forest across degraded land. This demo biological corridor planted by our Director in 1999 has now been transformed from...

Pablo, the newest member of our Honduran team, busy helping a farmer from the neighbouring village to plant out a new field of Inga allies. The first step is to measure the contours on...

It’s incredible to think that families manage to eke out a living from land this steep. Needless to say, the soil fertility rapidly washes away downhill. One of Inga alley cropping’s great strengths is...

The latest batch of healthy young Inga seedlings – 6500 in all. These seedling will soon be ready to be delivered to new families taking up Inga alley cropping, where they will be able...

Our brand new nursery in Honduras now contains the first set of seeds from rainforest tree species which will be used for reforestation work. These trees will be used by local families wishing to...

This is exactly why our work out in Honduras is so urgent – the beautiful, biodiverse rainforests of Honduras are disappearing, and without other options for feeding their families, local farmers have no choice...

Bernardo Solis’ family is one of the latest to join our project in Honduras and give up slash and burn in favour of Inga alley cropping – here’s the family cheerfully working away to...