China Scene: West

Amateur tea-grower pins hopes on panda feces

A college teacher in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, says he wants to grow tea using panda excrement as fertilizer and then sell the leaves for 219,865 yuan ($34,500) per 500 g.

An Yanshi has patented his idea with the Sichuan copyright bureau, although he admits he has no idea how he can get his hands on enough panda waste or what effect it will have on the tea.