Joe 7/14/05


> I am providing a link to a series of pictures of workers in Indian tea
> gardens.
>
> While we enjoy our tea and concentrate on flavor and other nuances we
> are largely oblivious to the plight of the tea producers.
>
> See:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h...uth_asia_india
> _tea_workers/html/1.stm
>
>
> While tea snobs can certainly not solve all the problems of the Tea
> Industry perhaps purchasing fair trade teas may be one small step
> towards helping them.
>
> Roland

Here here, and thanks, Roland. Fair trade might also mean being willing to
pay enough money for the tea so that the workers can earn a decent amount.
I'm of course not talking about just paying high prices per se. More to
learn.

Michael