The Inga Foundation grew out of a long term scientific research project into slash-and-burn agriculture and the need to find an alternative agriculture systems that could save farmers from having to clear new areas of rainforest year after year, just to survive. The Inga Foundation now works to help communities and farmers in Honduras, as well as elsewhere in the world, change from slash-and-burn to the tried and tested alternative system that emerged from years of dedicated research- Inga Alley Cropping.
One of the best ways to gain a real insight into the heart and history of the Inga Foundation is through Up In Smoke, a feature-length documentary by Adam Wakeling that spans a three-year segment of the Inga Foundation’s work. It follows Mike Hands, our founder, as he works to connect with and convince local farmers to make the leap from slash-and-burn to Inga Alley Cropping, and his struggle to bring the issue of slash-and-burn farming to the forefront of ecological thinking.
