Organic Tea in Japan Challenges Today

Ayumi Kinezuka visits us from Japan to talk about her organic tea farm in Shizuoka, and the challenges facing small artisan Japanese tea farmers today.
- Meet the family: an entire production from a small family operation
- Where are today's generation of organic tea farmers? Challenges with aging tea farmers means fewer farmers making high-grade Japanese green tea
- Big beverage companies offering bottled green tea replaces Slow Tea
- Big business lacks microenvironment knowledge to manage small organic farms
- How can a consumer make a difference

[@RobertSandlerPortland]

This is the best one so far. Nice job Jack.

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A Chinese qigong master shared with me that China is also becoming westernized rapidly, especially with the young people. He said someday westerners may have to reteach Chinese people their own cultural treasures such as gang fu cha and qigong. It's great to see Americans keeping these traditions alive as well as the appreciation of quality tea and how it can enhance our lives.

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Home brewed tea is always better than canned/bottled tea.