EPISODE · Nov 12, 2021 · 25 MIN
Tea News and Biz Insights - November 12, 2021
from Tea Biz · host Dan Bolton
HEAR THE HEADLINES – Ekaterra Tea Pledges to be Net Zero at the UN Convention on Climate Change | Grocery Shoppers Say they are Willing to Pay for Sustainably Produced Foods | Inflation Demonstrates a Troubling Persistence | NEWSMAKER – Prabhat Bezboruah, Chairman of the Tea Board of India | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to India where the traditional tea plantation model is under regulatory scrutiny. The union government there is redrafting legislation from the 1950s to gradually loosen regulations, abandoning requirements that previously limited who could grow tea and where it could be grown. In Part 1 of this extended Newsmaker Interview, Aravinda Anantharaman speaks with Tea Board of India Chairman Prabhat Bezboruah to better understand the current situation and the economic and societal forces driving change.India Experiences a Very Bad Tea Year | Aravinda Anantharaman |The Tea Board of India has been in the news recently for various reforms that seem to be underway. We spoke to Prabhat Bezboruah chairman of the Tea Board of India to understand the changes that are brewing with the board as well as his views on how the Indian tea industry is faring this year. Bezboruah has been chairman since 2017. He is the first tea planter to hold this position.Next week, in Part 2, Bezboruah discusses high-level talks on transferring regulatory oversight of India’s Tea Industry from the Ministry of Commerce to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers WelfareAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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HEAR THE HEADLINES – Ekaterra Tea Pledges to be Net Zero at the UN Convention on Climate Change | Grocery Shoppers Say they are Willing to Pay for Sustainably Produced Foods | Inflation Demonstrates a Troubling Persistence | NEWSMAKER – Prabhat Bezboruah, Chairman of the Tea Board of India | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to India where the traditional tea plantation model is under regulatory scrutiny. The union government there is redrafting legislation from the 1950s to gradually loosen regulations, abandoning requirements that previously limited who could grow tea and where it could be grown. In Part 1 of this extended Newsmaker Interview, Aravinda Anantharaman speaks with Tea Board of India Chairman Prabhat Bezboruah to better understand the current situation and the economic and societal forces driving change.India Experiences a Very Bad Tea Year | Aravinda Anantharaman |The Tea Board of India has been in the news recently for various reforms that seem to be underway. We spoke to Prabhat Bezboruah chairman of the Tea Board of India to understand the changes that are brewing with the board as well as his views on how the Indian tea industry is faring this year. Bezboruah has been chairman since 2017. He is the first tea planter to hold this position.Next week, in Part 2, Bezboruah discusses high-level talks on transferring regulatory oversight of India’s Tea Industry from the Ministry of Commerce to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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