Ontario maple syrup producers hit by climate change, some urge carbon reductions

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Increasingly unpredictable winter temperatures have Ontario maple syrup producers concerned about how climate change will affect the industry's future.

The swings in weather mean producers have to rush to tap trees when temperatures shift unexpectedly, with little time to prepare for the operations.Changes in technology used in maple syrup production have generally helped producers deal with the issue, but the sector is watching the situation carefully, Williams said.

The maple syrup producers association nonetheless expects substantial growth over the next 10 years, with millions of taps being added in Ontario, Quebec and some American states. And demand for maple syrup shows no sign of slowing. It takes about 40 litres of sap to make one litre of maple syrup. Renaud said 85 to 90 per cent of emissions that a maple syrup producer has comes from the boiling of sap.

The combination could eventually lead to producers having net-neutral, or even net-negative, emissions, Renaud said. "You can mitigate it by being part of the solution," he said. "The reality is our collective activities can make a difference."

 

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JK7141 and the wart on my ass is caused by climate change.

don’t worry not to many canadian people own them all the money from our liquid gold goes over seas . to bad our indigenous people were not given one plot to harvest. now you all will suffer for your greed.

WEF Climate change is about overpopulation time to get rid of the useless eaters

It's climate change, not global warming. Get it right.

Lol

🖕climate change 🤡🤡🤡s

Zero coverage

bullshit

Just stop with this nonsense

Yep. Temperatures are unpredictable

and what would they like to happen?

Ontario maple syrup producers are not concerned about climate change as most of them have a head on their shoulders and understand that it takes many thousands of years to change the climate. It's called science not 'the science', just science.

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