Tagged: tea estate

How Little of Assam Tea a Certified Seal Covers

Rainforest Alliance, trustea, and full organic certification all reach into Assam's tea gardens, but the coverage is thinner than the word "certified" implies, and the bodies issuing the seals say so themselves.

The Elephant's Road Runs Through the Garden

Assam's tea estates were planted across the old migration routes of the region's elephants, and the gardens are now among the deadliest places in the state for both species to meet. Here is the toll, and what some estates are doing to reopen the road.