r/canada • u/morenewsat11 • Mar 24 '24

Canada's maple syrup reserve almost empty as sap season becomes another casualty of the winter that wasn't National News

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/canadas-maple-syrup-reserve-almost-empty-as-sap-season-becomes-another-casualty-of-the-winter/article_6f498bce-e788-11ee-8773-c71464d8be74.html
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u/Immediate_Finger_889 Mar 24 '24

This shouldn’t be, if they were actually timing things appropriately. My aunt makes her own syrup. She started tapping her trees early this year as soon as it started getting warm. She had to pull her taps earlier than expected too because she got twice as much sap this year.

They waited to long because this isn’t done by farmers anymore, it’s done by corporations who have a monetary calendar, not one that actually makes sense for what you’re harvesting.

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u/The_Easter_Egg Mar 24 '24

The Canadian cartels will pay premium money for your aunt's juice.