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Adventure, culture and food Peru is famous for:

Jan 17, 2022
1 min

Adventure, culture and food Peru is famous for:

1) Vinicunca - Rainbow Mountain The Rainbow Mountain or Vinicunca is a mountain in the Andes near Cusco in Peru and Considered a holy site. It is also called the Mountain of the Seven Colors and has an altitude of 5,200m (17,100ft) This rainbow-like appearance is created by the sediment of minerals throughout the area giving the mountain the turquoise, lavender, gold and other colors. This hidden Gem was covered in snow for thousands of years, and was only recently, in 2013,

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Armin Pipenburg

Jan 14, 2022
1 min

Wonders of Peru: Plastic Eating Fungus

Students from Yale University discovered a mushroom species that can eat plastic. The mushroom, called Pestalotiopsis microspore, comes from the Amazon rainforest where our #AjiCharapita is growing. Astoundingly, these mushrooms can survive on plastic alone. The fungi consume polyurethane and convert it into organic matter. This plastic-eating mushroom can also live without oxygen – making it the perfect candidate for cleaning up landfills. Solving two of Earth’s most urgent

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Armin Pipenburg

Jan 11, 2022
1 min

Covid raises in the Amazon

Vaccinators in Peru's Rainforest face many challenges including religion and rivers In Peru, roughly 55% of the population is fully vaccinated against COVID 19, mostly in the cities, but there are still millions yet to be immunized. The most difficult to reach are in the rainforest of northeastern Peru, right where it pushes up against Brazil where the virus is raging. Many remote villages are spread along the Amazon and its numerous tributaries. It takes them hours, sometime

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A celebration of birds in Peruvian Amazon

Armin Pipenburg

Dec 29, 2021
1 min

A celebration of birds in Peruvian Amazon

by Susan Kelley In Fall 2019 Students, teachers, mothers and fathers arrived in dugout canoes after paddling for hours down the Amazon River. They brought bird costumes and bird-shaped signs they’d made out of recycled materials, and bird-themed plays and songs they’d written themselves. Over five days more than 900 Peruvians from 30 communities gathered in five villages in the Loreto region of Peru for festivals celebrating birds of the Peruvian Amazon. Peru is home to more

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Amazing Discoveries in the Amazon: New Species Found Every 3 Days

Armin Pipenburg

Dec 9, 2021
2 min

Amazing Discoveries in the Amazon: New Species Found Every 3 Days

The Amazon Rainforest and its Biodiversity is important for species and the survival of the planet. It not only houses the most outstanding diversity of life on Earth with 1 out of every 10 known species living in the Amazon, but also store 90-140 billion tons of carbon. Releasing even a portion of this through further forest loss and land use change, would accelerate global warming significantly compromising life on Earth as we know it. A new species of plant or animal was d

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Armin Pipenburg

Dec 8, 2021
1 min

Spicy Charapita Chicken Wings

What You Need for 7 Servings 1/2 cup honey 1/4 cup orange juice 1 env. (0.7 oz.) Italian Dressing Mix 1 Tbsp. hot Charapita Pepper Sauce "Liquid Gold" 28 chicken wings (about 7 lb.) Lets make it: 1) Mix first 4 ingredients in large bowl until blended. 2) Reserve 1/4 cup of the honey mixture & refrigerate until ready to use. 3) Add chicken to remaining honey mixture; toss to coat. 4) Refrigerate 1 hour to marinate.2 5) Remove chicken from marinade & discard marinade. 6) Place

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Armin Pipenburg

Nov 17, 2021
1 min

Wonders of Peru: Silkhenge

Our #AjiCharapita Peppers shares with many, some weird plants and wildlife the Amazon jungle, and they are not always huge. Over the past decade, scientists have been trying to figure out what is building tiny silk structures in Tambopata, Peru. Each has a ring of pillars connected by horizontal threads, forming a fence; in the middle is a cone. After collecting and observing numerous specimens, researchers finally started seeing spiders hatch out of the structure in the midd

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Armin Pipenburg

Oct 9, 2021
2 min

Tomorrow is Indigenous Peoples' Day - People of the Andes

The Snow Star Festival, an annual religious celebration, has been an integral part of Andean tradition and beliefs. But climate change and COVID-19 are threatening that. At night, believers would use the reflection from the moon that cascaded atop snow-capped peaks as a guide to make their way up the sacred Colque Punku glacier. The tradition goes back centuries for pilgrims from various indigenous groups in the Andes who have made the journey through the Sinakara Valley in P

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Today is Indigenous People Day! We are Celebrating the Indigenous People from Peru

Armin Pipenburg

Oct 9, 2021
2 min

Today is Indigenous People Day! We are Celebrating the Indigenous People from Peru

The history of Peru spans 10 millennia, extending back through several stages of cultural development in the mountain region and the lakes. Peru was home to the Norte Chico civilization, the oldest civilization in the Americas The Inca, the last "pristine" tribe, that is indigenous and not derivative from other civilizations, originated from a tribe based in Cusco and built the largest, most advanced empire and dynasty of pre-Columbian America. The Inca Empire lasted for abou

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Armin Pipenburg

Oct 7, 2021
1 min

Wonders of Peru: Poison dart frogs

While most animals camouflage themselves to blend into their surroundings, the poison dart frog is brightly colored to warn off would-be predators. Their bright hues—ranging from blue, red, yellow, and green—make these tiny creatures a sought-after sighting in the Amazon the home of #charapitas from #charapitafarms . But don’t be fooled by its beauty: their skin secretes a poison that can paralyze—and in some cases—kill its prey. Poison dart frogs are endangered by climate ch

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Armin Pipenburg

Sep 24, 2021
3 min

Five Main Species of Chile Peppers

Five pepper species account for an estimated 50,000 pepper varieties Peppers, like any other plant-based food, originally came from a naturally growing, undomesticated plant. Wild peppers look more like berries than the peppers you’ll find in the supermarket today, and grow only in the New World, with their range spanning from the southern United States through Central and northern South America. Humans have been using chile peppers for thousands of years. In fact, the most v

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The situation is worst than first thought!

Armin Pipenburg

Sep 13, 2021
2 min

The situation is worst than first thought!

About a week ago we reported about the existing problem that many products we need for daily life or to operate our businesses are just not available. But we found out that the situation is more serious than we first thought. Yes there is not enough product in China because the factories were closed during Covid and there is a lack of transportation because there is no way to put more Container ships on the water to service the demand. But additionally comes price gauging of

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What ever happened to the "Afghan Pepper Company"

Armin Pipenburg

Aug 23, 2021
2 min

What ever happened to the "Afghan Pepper Company"

What a great and noble idea it was when than Matt Blake in June of 2012 announced the "Afghan Pepper Company"! Afghanistan at this time US controlled, and everyone was hoping for a save and prosper future for this war torn country that is in a state of war constantly since the British War in the early 19th century. The last and most serious thread came from the Taliban which were founded in 1994, and it seemed, with American help, the situation started to get better. Interna

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Shortage of supply in many industries due to Covid

Armin Pipenburg

Aug 16, 2021
2 min

Shortage of supply in many industries due to Covid

Many products, special basic products made from plastic and aluminum are just not available and many company owner and purchasing managers are scratching their heads and trying everything to get hands on a view of the scared items they need so desperately. But due to Covid, in 2020 there was almost no production of any kind in China, and most of these parts and consumer items come from Mainland China. During the whole year, production stopped, and now these companies trying d

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