Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke - premieres on Community Channel Saturday 18th February at 10pm

This is a film about a technique that could save more carbon emissions annually than all global aviation combined. It is a film about one of the biggest contributors to tropical deforestation and global warming: slash and burn agriculture. The film follows British scientist Mike Hands, who has laboured for 25 years to perfect a sustainable farming technique to replace slash and burn farming in equatorial rainforests.

And he's found it.

But developing the technique was only the start. Now he needs to persuade governments, agencies and, more importantly than anyone else, the farmers to all adopt it.

For more information on this thrilling documentary following the successes and struggles of Mike Hands please visit the Up in Smoke website.

How you can help

In order to best promote and expand the use of alley-cropping with Inga, Mike Hands and a number of close associates have formed a UK charity, the Inga Foundation.

The Inga Foundation is in very urgent need of funding to continue its work, in establishing seed banks, purchasing vehicles, establishing test plots and funding the salaries of farmers like Faustino who are there on the ground, dedicating themselves to propagating the system and ensuring its growth.

More information and ways to help are at Inga Foundation: www.ingafoundation.org