With tea tree oil plant, I never lack a ready market for my produce

Alice Muthambure waters tea trees at her farm in Mirera village. She is among the farmers who have been contracted by Earth Oil Company to supply tea trees that tha used to manufacture cosmetics. (Jacinta Mutura, Standard)

Few years back, Alice Muthambure was on her farm in Mirera village, Laikipia County minding her own business when a group of people visited her.

The team from Earth Oil were making door-to-door rounds educating farmers on the myriad benefits of tea trees.