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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 Inga Seedlings

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...

Christening the New Nursery

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...

What’s at stake

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...

New Tree Nursery For Reforestation Work

We’re in the process of constructing a new and improved tree nursery at our Project Center in Honduras. Alongside Inga seedlings to supply families, this nursery will allow us to raise thousands of rainforest...

Getting Stuck In

Neither Inga Foundation director Mike Hands nor our Honduran director, Abraham, will stay behind at a desk in the office if there’s a chance to get out in the field. Here they are on...

Full steam ahead at Kew Gardens

Here’s our Director, Mike, giving a talk at our recent, really successful event at Kew Botanical Gardens. Kew now has projects underway or beginning in Bolivia, Madagascar and Congo which are all aiming to...

Gathering Momentum

Our projects in Honduras are really gathering momentum. In the last 6 months, the number of families who have joined our projects in Honduras has nearly doubled. We now have a grand total of...

Perfect Timing

Just when we really needed it, we stumbled across this new supply of Inga seed from a local farmer. Even better, the trees in our new Inga seed orchard are growing up fast. Another...