11 December 2019 by Ian Brown, Fairtrade Canada. Images © Fairtrade International.
On December 15 we celebrate International Tea Day. This is a relatively new global observance, having been developed in India in 2005 to draw attention to tea-producing countries and the farmers and workers who grow, pick, and process tea leaves. I’m on my second mug of the morning as I write this, and as a tea-lover working in Fairtrade, I wanted to share some of the facts, figures, and impact stories that inspire me on a daily basis.
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