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India's tea sector seeks law change to diversify
COONOOR, India (Reuters) - India's struggling tea sector is seeking changes in the law to allow for diversification into other crops to fight rising production costs and increase returns, officials said on Monday. At present laws such as the Plantation Labour Act, land reform acts of various states and Minimum Wages Act inhibit diversification and need drastic overhaul, said J.K. Thomas, president of the United Planters' Association of Southern India. "Even while a plantation commodity is economically unviable, we cannot change over to alternate crop because of the restrictive and archaic laws which have outlived their purpose," he said. It is high time that necessary legal amendments were brought about for allowing tea estates to diversify into other crops like bamboo, jatropha and palm, Thomas told a planters meet in Coonoor.
Infinitea Introduces Ginger Kombucha Tea
Infinitea's Ginger flavor delivers a refreshing, lemon-like smell and warm taste--and a nutritious jolt to your day. Boulder, CO (PRWEB) September 25, 2007 -- Infinitea Kombucha, www.meridiankombucha.com, Colorado's only locally-brewed Kombucha Tea, introduced the latest flavor to its line-up of sparkling beverages--Ginger Kombucha Tea. The new Ginger flavor combines a strong ginger flavor that tingles the tip of the tongue and finishes with a mild hotness characteristic of this spice that has been a part of Chinese medicine for centuries and has been incorporated into cuisines the world over. Infinitea Kombucha's slight effervescence is pleasantly carbonated without exploding! "Infinitea Ginger Kombucha Tea has become one of our best sellers at the Boulder Farmer's Market," said Nicole Gervace, founder of Infinitea Kombucha.
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