{"id":713,"date":"2020-04-07T19:17:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giveback.market\/?p=713"},"modified":"2020-04-07T19:17:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:17:44","slug":"covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giveback.market\/index.php\/2020\/04\/07\/covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The world has changed. Now more than at any time in living memory we need to pull together to get through this crisis. As my dear grandmother used to say about difficult times: “This too shall pass…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To do our part during this crisis we are going to increase the charity contribution from 35% to 50%. If one percent of Canadians chose Kampot Pepper that would contribute $7,500,000 to charities and non-profits who desperately need all the help they can get. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s our press announcement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Purchasing Portal\nhelps raise funds for charities and non-profits.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver, BC \u2013 April 6,\n2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A local\nSocial Purpose brand, \u2018Best Pepper Ever\u2019 offers charities and non-profits a\nsimple and safe way to raise funds during the COVID-19 crisis. Groups sign up\nfor free and they receive 50% of all sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph\nMacLean, creator of the KampotPepper.Gives<\/a>\nportal explained how charities and non-profits can use an online social\npurchasing portal to generate revenue during the pandemic. Kampot Pepper, long\nconsidered the best pepper in the world, holds the prestigious PGI\ncertification (Protected Geographical Indication) putting it on the same\nfooting as other appellations of origin like Champagne, Cognac and Darjeeling\nTea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph\ncontinued, \u201cSocial purpose distribution of Fair Trade Kampot Pepper not only\nhelps charities and non-profits but is also helping small pepper farmers\nrebuild after the devastation of the Cambodian Genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1960 the\nKampot region produced 3000 tons of pepper but their ancient farming system was\nall but destroyed when Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge made it punishable by death\nto grow pepper. Although Pol Pot was removed from power in 1979 the rebels were\nonly finally ousted in 1999. In 2000 two tons of pepper was produced, last year\n75 tons. They are rebuilding but need Fair Trade access to Western markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother issue that Fair Trade social purchasing addresses\u2026\u2019 he shared, \u201c\u2026is that the small growers are losing ground to the large, mostly foreign owned growers that are no longer buying the pepper but buying the farms. Last year almost one quarter of the smallest growers lost or sold their farms or abandoned the business because they cannot sell their pepper.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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