How to Make the Perfect Cup of Tea
For centuries, tea drinkers have debated about the proper way to make black tea. After doing our research, we have found consensus in some key tea-making techniques. ... Continue Reading
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April 14, 2018
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Project Profile: Global Environment Facility (GEF) Tea Program
The Rainforest Alliance lead a project to mainstream sustainable tea production in India, China, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka.... Continue Reading
The Challenges of Reform in Assam’s Struggling Tea Sector
Tea industry expert Harki Sidhu explains the realities of Assam’s struggling tea estates.... Continue Reading
An Evangelist for Sustainable Agriculture
In the foothills below Sri Lanka’s famed Peak Wilderness Sanctuary lives an evangelist for herbicide-free integrated pest management—a scientist by the name of Mahendra Peiris who serves as the manager of the Rainforest Alliance Certified Hapugastenne Tea Estate.
When Peiris attended a Rainforest Alliance training workshop on herbicide-free, integrated weed management in 2014, he was thrilled to see our Sri Lankan agricultural trainer teaching farmers the very same methods he’d been experimenting...... Continue Reading
External Evaluation of the UTZ Tea Program in Sri Lanka
The UTZ tea program in Sri Lanka first began in 2011, implemented by the Institute of Social Development with the support of Solidaridad, UTZ, Douwe Egberts Foundation and various institutions within the Sri Lankan tea sector. The purpose of this evaluation is to inform UTZ and other stakeholders about the outcomes of the UTZ tea […]
SAN/Rainforest Alliance Impacts Report 2015
In this first-ever SAN/Rainforest Alliance Impacts Report, we summarize the effects of SAN/Rainforest Alliance farmer training and certification through an exhaustive review of nearly two dozen scientific studies and the audit data from over 200 certified farms and farmer groups. After presenting a global snapshot of the scope and geographic distribution of certified farms, the […]