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Nov 2, 2017

"If you respect nature, nature will respect you. It is that simple." --Tenzing Bodosa

The World's First Elephant-Friendly Farm

Tenzing dreamed of transforming his family's paddy and vegetable farm into an organic tea farm, though he was told that growing tea organically was impossible. When Tenzing saw the harmful effects pesticides had on his workers and farm animals, he persisted with his dream. In 2007, after a number of challenges, Tenzing's tea farm became the first and only farm out of 12,000 others in Assam to grow organic tea. Tenzing has created such an open and welcoming environment that even the elephants stop by to munch on his tea leaves, and he doesn't mind! Read on to learn more about this heart-warming spirit and the miracle he has created.