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Certified Elephant Friendly™ Tea is sourced from tea plantations that meet high standards for the protection of elephants and their habitat.

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Certified Elephant FriendlyTM Tea is sourced from tea plantations that meet high standards for protection of elephant habitat and water resources; reducing human-elephant conflict; and reducing barriers to elephant movement between elephant habitat areas. The certified plantations eliminate electrocution risks to elephants from fencing and power lines, drainage ditches and other hazards that may injure…

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BBC Travel Features Elephant Friendly™ Farm in Assam, India

India’s elephant-friendly tea garden Meet the farmer saving elephants one cup of tea at a time. Click here to watch the BBC video feature: BBC Travel Features Elephant Friendly™ Farm in Assam, India

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Contact us for information on where to source Certified Elephant Friendly™ Tea. In the USA you can purchase Certified Elephant Friendly™ Tea products in bulk or in packaged products via Elephant Origins LLC and authorized vendors. Support the elephant conservation mission by supporting farms who protect safe passage of elephants. For information email to: orders@elephantorigins.com You…

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Organic tea gardens reflect the diversity of life in the surrounding ecosystem. Spiders in a tea garden are an indicator of ecological balance. 🍃🕸🕷🌳#elephantfriendlytea #organictea #biodiversity #conservation #naturalpestcontrol #sustainability

In the Darjeeling tea region of India, elephants move regularly through the lower elevation hilly forests and tea gardens. The rice paddy fields at the edges of tea gardens are frequented by elephants this time of year, and rising from the valley we could hear the occasional shouting in the night as farmers try to protect their fields from being a feast for elephants. In the morning, in this place there were elephant tracks and a lucky farmer whose crop remains ripening in his field.

A poignant message at the entry to a protected forest area on the wall just behind a line of confiscated logs from illegal logging operations.

A fruitful journey visiting tea plantations and communities with our India-based team is sweetened by the great diversity of fruits we find along the way. Starfruit is a local favorite.

The Dooars is a tea growing region in the state of West Bengal, India. While the peaceful forested foothills of the Himalyas rise above the tea gardens, all is not so peaceful. There is a neaby battle for resources as elephants weigh the rewards of foraging on agricultural crops like corn and rice along the edges of tea gardens versus the costs of encounters with humans who are bound to defend their fields. There is increasing fragmentation of habitat for elephants along their historical movement routes in the region. Can humans and elephants continue to coexist into the future as this battle escalates? What would it take for communities to become more #elephantfriendly, yet still survive economically? Photo via @umontana 🐘🐘🐘 #elephantfriendlycommunities #dooars #tearegion #india #asianelephants #endangeredspecies #coexistence #harvesttime #conservationchallenges

The new science-based Elephant Friendly™ Tea certification standards are out! Thank you to everyone who participated in and gave expert input during the pilot period. Evidence-based best practices, reflected in these standards, reduce elephant mortalities, reduce human-elephant conflict, and ensure that elephants have access to vital resources in an increasingly fragmented landscape. Become part of the story! 🐘🍃☕️Elephant Friendly™ Tea is a partnership of @wildlifefriendly @umontana in concert with tea growers and tea buyers. Special thanks @baliparafoundation @wildlifeworksinc @elephantorigins and the companies sourcing #certifiedelephantfriendly products for their amazing support. Consumers can help encourage positive change, one cup at a time, by seeking out tea brands that source #certifiedelephantfriendlytea Photo by @robineastment 🐘🐘🐘 #elephantfriendly #elephantfriendlytea #indiatea #conservationbythecup #safepassage #endangeredelephants #conservation #wildlife #corridors #eco-friendly #agriculture #teawithacause #wildlifefriendly #habitatmatters #human-elephantcoexistence #sustainability #solutions #universityofmontana #broaderimpacts #wildlifefriendlyenterprisenetwork #thebusinessofconservation #greenproducts #organictea #organic #environmentalsustainability #elephantsafe #endangeredspecies

Happy weekend! 🐘🐘🐘 #elephantfriendly #wildweekend #elephants #india #conservation #wildlife #endangeredspecies #asianelephant #babyelephant

As the day faded into darkness we spotted an injured bull elephant in a tea garden in Udalguri District of Assam, India. Limping along as a crowd of local villagers watched quietly, we could hear other villagers shouting in the distance at a nearby herd of elephants as they tried to push them away from their paddy fields and back into the tea garden. 🐘🐘🐘 Photo by @robineastment of @baliparafoundation

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