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Queens, NY (September 4 , 2024)  Burlap & Barrel, a leading purveyor of single origin spices sourced directly from smallholder farmers around the world, has released their 2023 Social Impact Report showing the public benefit they have had in the past year.

Burlap & Barrel’s mission is to put more money in the pockets of smallholder farmers around the world, and they do this by partnering with expert farmers to source the highest quality spices and bring to customers in North America. Featuring growth of the business and increase in partner farmer relationships in 25+ countries that are the backbone of their business’s impact, the Social Impact Report, titled “New Audiences & New Opportunities,” explains that they grew their audience across multiple channels in 2023. This growth allowed Burlap & Barrel to buy more spices and work cooperatively with partner farmers to bring the most flavorful spices to a North American audience.

Highlights from the report include:

• Pitched single origin spices on ABC’s “Shark Tank” and introduced the company to a huge new audience
• Introduced single origin unrefined sugars (panela cane sugar and wood-fired maple sugar)
• More than doubled their popular origin blends lineup (five spice, curry, tandoori, chai)
• Sourced more than 600,000 pounds of spices, paying partner farmers just shy of $3 million in total since the business started in 2016
• Built supply chains for 15 new spices (including black garlic and cinnamon quills)
• Increased sales in both wholesale and Amazon channels, diversifying sales
• Developed and launched 13 new collaboration blends with chefs, writers, musicians and restaurateurs
• Took sourcing trips to Costa Rica, Mexico and Barbados
• Donated over 6,000 jars of spices to charitable organizations

Ori Zohar, Co-founder and Co-CEO, adds, “As Burlap & Barrel has grown over the past 7 years, we went from being the smallest customer for many of our partner farmers to their largest. When you use our spices in your kitchen, you’re supporting new, transparent, fair supply chains that are making an impact across the world.”

READ THE FULL REPORT ON THEIR WEBSITE HERE.

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About Burlap & Barrel

Founded in 2016, Burlap & Barrel is a single origin spice company and social enterprise working directly with expert spice farmers in more than 20 countries to source unique, beautiful spices for home cooks and professional chefs. Burlap & Barrel's spices taste fresher and more flavorful because they come directly from small farms with a better-than-fair-trade sourcing model that establishes new supply chains to help improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. The lineup includes both exceptional versions of familiar spices like bestsellers Royal Cinnamon and Zanzibar Black Peppercorns, as well as rare botanicals like Amazonian Pompona Vanilla and Wild Timur Pepper from the Himalayas. For more information, please visit burlapandbarrel.com.