Despite pandemic woes, Quebec's maple syrup industry had a record harvest
MONTREAL -- Sugar shack owners are hoping that a record harvest in 2020 and the coming season will make for a sweeter year, to compensate for the sourness of the pandemic. This year, dining rooms will be shut for the second year in a row and roughly a quarter of Quebec's sugar shacks have gone out of business. But perfect weather conditions means that output has been better than ever and so is demand. “The pandemic, that's a weird situation. People stopped going to restaurants and hotels, they stayed at home, they started cooking more, so they use more maple syrup,” said Quebec Map...
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