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In the Weeds - MOLD :: Designing the Future of Food

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The Taiwanese foraging artists on their eco-conscious, herbal practice and what it means to center Taiwan's biodiversity through foraged "weed tea".

While the islands of Taiwan only account for 0.02% of the global land mass, it boasts a rich biodiversity with 3.8% of the world’s species . The region’s environmental vantage has also enabled the development of a thriving tea industry which contributes to international markets in addition to supplying domestic demand — over 70% of Taiwan-produced tea leaves were consumed domestically in 2015. 1 The country’s tea farms predominately produce Oolong, a partially oxidized tea that ranks as some of the most expensive variety, accounting for almost 90% of all production — a commercialized cultivati

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