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The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup, and One Family's Quest for the Sweetest Harvest
The Sugar Season A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup and One Family's Quest for the Sweetest Harvest Author:Douglas Whynott How has one of America?s oldest agricultural crafts evolved into a multimillion dollar industry? Douglas Whynott brings us deep inside the world of maple syrup by following entrepreneur Bruce Bascom through one tumultuous season. He also reveals an industry complete with a black market, a syrup heist monitored by Homeland Security, and a global ... more »strategic reserve comparable to OPEC?s (a barrel of maple syrup is worth more than a barrel of oil).
Along the way, Whynott takes us from a sugarhouse where we learn syrup?s subtle flavors and grading system to a sugarbush where we discover the maple tree?s unique biology. As tin buckets and wooden spouts give way to vacuum pumps and tubing, Whynott explores the industry?s chances for survival, highlighting a larger issue: how global warming is threatening our food supply.
“In Doug Whynott?s graceful hands, this story about a maple syrup manufacturer and dealer becomes an intersection of subjects: of technology and business, American history and climate change, friendship and family. A wonderful and fascinating book.?—Tracy Kidder, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains