Dear Tea Factory Owners: I am a happy CEO and in fact glad to learn that some of the tea factory owners have started moving to organic tea production. Most such initiatives are at the early stages of development and they are on small...
Mahir Brothers in Katugastota, in the Matale district, is one of Sri Lanka’s leading exporters of spices namely nutmeg, pepper, cloves and cocoa. For the past three generations, Mahir Brothers has tried to maintain the consistency of their produce, sometimes traveling long distances in...
Mahir Brothers in Katugastota, in the Matale District, is one of Sri Lanka’s leading exporters of spices, namely nutmeg, pepper, cloves and cocoa. For the past three generations, Mahir Brothers has tried to maintain the consistency of its produce, sometimes travelling far distances in...
Tea was introduced to Sri Lanka in 1820 or exactly one hundred and fifty years ago. It is amazing to think of any agricultural industry could have survived for such a long time in fact without undergoing major changes. The way Sri Lankans grow...
By P. Abeygunawardena, Ph.D. – Director, Ahinsa Organic Tea The tea sector is facing perhaps the biggest crisis ever since the plant was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1820s. There seems to be no way out unless we think completely afresh or out...
In the last write up I wanted to develop the importance of trust between the organic producer and the consumer. One of my distinguish readers raised a question that can we trust another fellow human being in particular in a commercially motivated modern society....
Forget milk – TEA could be the secret to strong bones: Three cups a day lowers the risk of fractures by 30%• The effect so big that tea may become a major part of fracture-prevention diet• It’s thought that plant chemicals called flavonoids strengthen...
The Blue Ridge Plateau area of Virginia is rich with good soil, adequate rainfall, and hardworking people. Many of the people of this region have been involved in agriculture for generations. The food grown here is healthy and nutrient-dense farmed with low amounts of...
Current Status and Sustainable Management of Bio-diversity in Nilmini Estate Private Ltd., Ihala Millawa, Morawaka 1.Introduction This report presents an evaluation of the status of bio-diversity in the Nilmini Estate Private Ltd, Ihala Millawa, Morawaka, which is currently under the process of conversion into...
Is organic food a basic need? Most of us would argue that no, it is not. However, for an organic consumer, it is a food and hence it must be a basic need for him/her. For some of our organic food is a luxury...
Sometimes back Ahinsa Tea website administrator called me and said that my two para piece on organic certification on their FB has got well over 100000 hits.Though it is a very large number for a website like this, it did not surprise me.That is...
We expect that it is necessary to have a certificate for organic products. Yes, it is correct but why is that? Buyers often pay an additional premium for organic status. So buyers want to know that really what she/he pays to buy the money’s...
We are not only organic but also nature-friendly. Labor friendly too. So, it is bio farming or natural agriculture. It is the coexistence based on Ahinsa principles. We believe everybody and everything has a place in nature and the environment. During last 50 to...
Ceylon Tea is the premier quality tea in the world tea market for the last many decades. Its superiority brings by the excellent cultivation and production practices and natured and nourished by the fantastic climate conditions. The flavor and the color bring along with...
