Our Beginning

Tea Action Project is a Non Profit organisation founded in 1995 with the intention of working closely with tea farmers and workers in India to make tea trade a vehicle for positive social and environmental transformation. Our founder, Mr Brij Mohan was a progressive tea planter who lived and worked in tea farms in Darjeeling and Assam. The trade justice and organic movement of the 80’s made him increasingly aware of the short comings in tea farming practices. The widespread usage of chemical fertilisers and pesticides were causing irreparable damage to the fragile Himalayan ecosystem and the local communities living there. It is in this context that he believed that a major agrarian shift and intervention towards sustainable and natural farming was much needed in tea growing regions. Natural farming would not only positively impact the landscape but had the potential to advance lives of the communities living in these regions.

In order to implement his vision he worked closely with the local communities and together they promoted the organic and Fair Trade movement with a strong foundation in Dr. Rudolf Steiner’s principles of Biodynamic agriculture. He also obtained European certifications for his tea farms.

Guided by his vision, the first seeds were sown and the Tea Action Project, partnered with local welfare groups, tea plucking communities, small farmer cooperatives to promote conscious and sustainable tea farming.

Our Mission

We endeavour to inspire conscious tea consumers to support our efforts to grow tea responsibly and develop the tea communities on our farms. We undertake projects in the areas of health, education, sanitation, wildlife conservation, climate change and sustainability.

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certified organic

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women workforce

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shift to solar lighting in villages

Get Involved

If you would like to know more about our work, write to us at connect@teaactionproject.org