EPISODE · Apr 24, 2025 · 20 MIN
The “root” of change: How one scientist reinvented tea farming
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Agri-scientist Liao Hong has promoted eco-friendly tea farming in the Wuyi Mountains in southeast China’s Fujian Province by intercropping tea with soybeans and rapeseed. Humble in character and daring in research, this “hoe-wielding” woman reshapes agricultural science through her groundbreaking discovery of aluminum’s role in tea root growth.
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Agri-scientist Liao Hong has promoted eco-friendly tea farming in the Wuyi Mountains in southeast China’s Fujian Province by intercropping tea with soybeans and rapeseed. Humble in character and daring in research, this “hoe-wielding” woman reshapes agricultural science through her groundbreaking discovery of aluminum’s role in tea root growth.
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