Tea

When I first started my research I couldn't really find any problems distinctive to tea. There are problems with tea such as unfair trade and labor issues but those issues are present in all imported products. I wasn't crazy about my research but as I tried to look for other topics, I ended up with a very narrow perspective. For that reason, I stuck with tea so I can bring attention to global politics by exploring the problems related to tea.
Library session helped me a lot with my research. I could not get any credible sources without using library's online data base because people who are concerned about tea problems tend to be people working for anti G8 or WTO political activist organizations. Through my research I learned to distinguish the intentions of the sources. For example, one of my source came from the CQ researcher article about FTC labeled tea products . The article talked about how much the FTC labeled products are fair to the producers of the tea and they hinted at the fact that the U.S government is doing a really good job. The article didn't directly say anything to promote U.S government, but the facts and voice the article presented made me feel like the U.S government really cares about Sri Lankan tea workers.
So far, I don't really like the work I have to put into but I find that I am learning important things that will help me in the future. I have to write lots of research papers in my art history classes and learning how to obtain valuable sources will save me a lot of time.