Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Fiji water

 
The most common misconception about Fiji water is that it doesn't actually come from Fiji, that it is just a marketing ploy.  That couldn't be further from the truth. The spring from which the water is actually taken from is located on the island of Viti Levu. The company "Fiji water" partnered with Conservation International have been working to preserve the purity and the biological wealth of the Fijian islands.  The company was originally owned by a Canadian man named David Gilmour in 1996.  Fiji water and Conservation International have established a long term conservation plan that has saved 40,000 acres of rain forest.  Fiji water gives back to the islands by generating future income sources for the local communities. They plant teak and mahogany trees which in part will generate jobs.  Fiji water was the leading water import in America in 2009.  In 2004, the Fijian government actually shut down the bottling process because they wanted to increase the tax from 1/3 cents to 15 cents exporting tax per liter of water sold.  This increase in tax was to going to the Fijian government.

                                                                                                                                 



http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/What-You-Didnt-Know-About-Fiji-Water.aspx

http://www.fijiwater.com/company/

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