Inga Foundation Blog Blog

Las Flores – The Inga Nerve Centre

A view of the young Inga alleys at Las Flores, our new project centre which we are currently busy getting up and running. Once its ready Las Flores will serve as the nerve centre...

The Local Boss

Meet Abraham Martinez, Inga Foundation Director of Field Operations for Honduras. Cool, calm, determined and utterly committed to the Guama Model. This passionate Forester is a natural leader and we are very lucky to...

Inga – The Candy Floss Tree

Daniel Reyes, Demo Farm foreman, shows why Inga is sometime known as the candy floss tree! Children especially love this natural sugary snack, making it easy to persuade them to help with de-podding and...

Pepper: Plants, Processing and Progress

Doña Rosario, a Guamera (Inga farmer) of 10 years standing, shows off her pepper seedlings which she will plant out and harvest when they are ready. Pepper is the cash crop of choice for...

Our Growing Team

Local farmer Pablo Pinto has now joined the Inga Foundation staff. He proudly sports his new Guamero outfit on his plot in the Cangrajal river valley. A very calm, determined, impressive addition to what...

No More Need to Fear Failed Harvests

The Honduran village of San Rafael is remote; 3 hours steep walk on winding forest paths from the nearest road. Life can be tough when you live so far from vital services like medical...

“Hard to believe…”

“When I visited San Rafael in July, these Inga trees were tiny, newly planted seedlings 50cm high. Looking at the photos now, it’s hard to believe just how much they’ve grown since then!” –...

Interest in Inga Growing in Remote San Rafael

This is Adan Lopez, our part-time extension officer, with his Inga alley plot in the remote rainforest village of San Rafael where he and his family live. Though only 9 months old, the plot...

Establishing Inga-Pepper Demo Plots

We are currently creating pepper demo plots at our new Project Center to show how Inga alley cropping can be used to grow organic pepper as a cash crop. The wooden stakes being put...