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NickB79

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Fri May 3, 2019, 04:49 PM May 2019

Syrup Is as Canadian as a Maple Leaf. That Could Change With the Climate. [View all]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/climate/climate-change-maple-syrup.html

In fact, climate change is already making things more volatile for syrup producers. In 2012, maple production fell by 54 percent in Ontario and by 12.5 percent in Canada over all, according to data from the Canadian government, because of an unusually warm spring.

Canada produces roughly 70 percent of the world’s maple syrup. That was worth about $370 million in 2017.
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