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Maple Syrup Threatened By Climate Change

2014-05-07 17:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Warm and irregular weather in the heart of sugar maple country is destroying the flavor of maple syrup, and its cutting down on yields--two years ago, production dropped dramatically due to a warmer year, and this year, farmers are resorting to using vacuum tubing to suck sap out of the trees in order to access every last drop. When we think of maple syrup, we usually picture farmers stomping out in the snowy woods, checking buckets that slowly fill from taps inserted into the trunks of sugar...

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Are Monsanto and High-Fructose Corn Syrup to Blame for Honeybee Disappearances?

2014-03-02 21:47:12| Chemicals - Topix.net

Perhaps we shouldn't be so surprised when we fundamentally change the way certain species have been living for eons, and then suffer in unpredictable ways.

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Even Corn Syrup Officials Call Attempted HFCS Rebranding 'Dishonest and Sneaky'

2014-02-05 11:19:01| Food - Topix.net

Maybe you remember way back in 2010 when the Corn Refiners Association put out silly commercials and tried to get the FDA to let them rebrand corn syrup as "corn sugar."

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Even Corn Syrup Officials Call Attempted HFCS Rebranding 'Dishonest and Sneaky'

2014-02-05 10:52:16| Agriculture - Topix.net

Maybe you remember way back in 2010 when the Corn Refiners Association put out silly commercials and tried to get the FDA to let them rebrand corn syrup as "corn sugar."

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