Green tea is harvested in tea estates in a wide range of countries. There are many steps between the field and the teapot, so it is difficult to know whether or not the tea in your pot was picked by a child. Pesticide and fertilizer use on tea bushes. Small growers are not able to produce export-quality tea.
Workers often live on tea estates with no access to schools, clean water, and health care.
Tea estates that ensure fair working conditions. One hundred percent fair trader. A worker owned cooperative, buying directly from producers rather than the commodities market, often from co-ops and other groups that are democratically run. Nur Natur P.O. Box 2180, Gilbert, AZ 85299-2180. Sells organically grown green, black, herbal, and fruit tea purchased directly from producers, and pays a premium to producers to support social programs on the estates.