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With a short sugaring season and low sugar content in sap, Vermont’s maple syrup producers have had a tough year. Now, many small sugarmakers face a new challenge: a shortage of plastic maple syrup jugs.When sugarmakers tried to place their orders at...
With online sales spiking and shipping crunched, the rush is on for Upper Valley retailers Sugarbush Farm Co-owners Jeff Luce, left, and his brother Ralph, right, pack and ship orders of Vermont-made food products for 10 to 12 hours a day, six days a week from the weekend after Thanksgiving through Christmas. The brothers were part of a team of five working in the farm's shipping department in Pomfret, Vt., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Averaging between 500 to 600 packages a day, one day this week they topped 900 in a single day. as shippers have set earlier deadlines to make holiday deliveries. ...