{"id":356,"date":"2018-06-11T04:09:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T04:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kampotpepper.gives\/?p=356"},"modified":"2020-02-18T11:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:10:56","slug":"kampot-pepper-promotion-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/2018\/06\/11\/kampot-pepper-promotion-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Kampot Pepper Promotion Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-376 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/kampotpepper.gives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KPPA_Logo2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KPPA_Logo2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KPPA_Logo2-324x324.jpg 324w, https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KPPA_Logo2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>I have been back in Phnom Voar, the heart of the Kampot Pepper region, for about a month and have been visiting small farmers as well as the Kampot Pepper Promotion Association (KPPA) that represents hundreds of small pepper farmers in Kampot and Kep provinces &#8211; the only areas that are allowed to use the GI (geographical indication) mark.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/kampotpepper.gives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pepper-Helper.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pepper-Helper.png 211w, https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pepper-Helper-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pepper-Helper-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My pepper helper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the KPPA website:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ancestral know-how<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These pepper lovers, smitten with their product, proud of their traditional values and definitely looking into the future, are the keepers of an ancestral know-how, of a way of production where the man and his land make one with a unique goal: producing the highest quality pepper.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is truly wonderful to witness the re-birth and expansion of such an ancient farming system that will help ensure the community and economic development of an area so devastated by civil war.<\/p>\n<p>We are now working directly with KPPA to help build a Fair Trade distribution system for the Kampot Pepper Farmers. Here&#8217;s a short video I took at a local farm:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sun-drying Peppercorns\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YTEeFU4Q5QE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been back in Phnom Voar, the heart of the Kampot Pepper region, for about a month and have been visiting small farmers as well as the Kampot Pepper Promotion Association (KPPA) that represents hundreds of small pepper farmers in Kampot and Kep provinces &#8211; the only areas that are allowed to use the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kampotpepper.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}