(Advanced) The Kava Revolution

0:20 - 5:25

True or false?

1. Kava is a ceremonial drink in South America.

2. Kava has many health properties.

3. Kava is banned in Germany.

4. Most of the world's kava was lost recently due to severe weather events.

5. The price of kava is very reasonable.

6. Kava costs more per gram than marijuana.

7. Many kava growers use solar power in their homes and on their plantations.

8. There is no international definition of kava.

9. Kava growers in the Pacific islands are the only people who have the right to produce kava.

10. Noble kava grows over four years.

11. The drink comes from the leaves.

12. Too-dae kava grows in two days.

13. Export of Too-dae is banned Vanuatu.

14. Non-pacifc island growers are interested in industrial scale kava farming.


Listen:

The Kava Revolution



Phrases used:

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pick up

wiped out

in the meantime

gone through the roof

gone up

chased up

anecdotally

protracted

lurking

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a bid to

crop

industrial scale

get their act together

go the way of




Discuss:

Have you ever tried kava?

Does your country have any special species of plant that has become a booming industry?