Zalis Farms, LLC serves as the marketing and sales arm for Cultivos Eden S.A. (a Honduran company) specializing in the cultivation and planting of Breadfruit trees.
Cultivos Eden S.A. - Honduras
Honduras is the host country for the Cultivos Eden project. Started in 2016, it now can boast having one of the world's largest breadfruit plantations — spanning 35 acres with nearly 4,000 mature, fruit-producing trees.
Cultivos Eden operates at multiple levels of the breadfruit industry. Cultivating the grafted trees which are the source of the fruit, and harvesting, and processing that fruit into chips and fresh-sliced product. Locally, products are sold through a network of stores and markets, with demand outpacing supply—driving the need for more trees.
Honduras, with its strong agricultural sector, has proven to be an ideal testing ground, demonstrating that breadfruit is a commercially viable crop.
Cultivos Eden Today
Currently, Cultivos Eden produces approximately 3,000 grafted trees per month at two nurseries, fueling a rapidly expanding network of farmers dedicated to growing and cultivating breadfruit. A second breadfruit variety will be planted this year to produce flour, which will be sold locally and exported.
The organization employs 25 full-time staff and collaborates with nearly 100 farmers. So far, 18,000 trees have been planted. Over 700 acres are comitted (70,000 trees) to be planted, approaching the goal of planting 100,000 trees in the next two years. With both nurseries fully operational, and an increasing number of farmers eager to dedicate more land, reaching this goal is well within reach.
