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First, I'm am both surprised and relieved to learn that Canada has a "strategic reserve" of maple syrup.
Second, I can only surmise that those clever Canadians (our allies!) are in the throes of weaponizing this nectar of the gods.
This theft stands as proof -- obviously a terrorist plot. I fear for my pancakes.
Quebec Whodunit: 1/4 of Province’s Syrup Reserves Go Missing
Associated Press
By David George-Cosh
Forget about the upcoming election in Quebec, the big news out of the province is the huge breach of the province’s strategic reserve of maple syrup.
Sticky-fingered thieves made off with almost 30 million Canadian dollars (US$30.4 million) worth of maple syrup from a reserve warehouse in rural Quebec, the provincial body responsible for managing the production of maple syrup said late Thursday. That’s more than a quarter of the province’s extra supply—stored each year to protect producers’ from the ups and downs of global supply and demand.
Late last week, the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers found empty barrels that had contained some 10 million pounds of maple syrup during a routine inventory check at a facility located in St-Louis-de-Blandford, a small town about 100 miles north east of Montreal. (Though the group didn’t specify, that works out to more than 15,000 oil drum-style barrels.)
While strategic reserves are typically linked to oil and other industry-sensitive commodities, Quebec has kept a vast store of maple syrup since 2000 to be used if supply of the quintessential Canadian staple falls with poor yields, or higher-than-expected demand.
The Federation said it takes great precautions to protect producers’ harvests.
“The St-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse had been secured by a fence and locks, and visited regularly,” said Serge Beaulieu, the federation’s president. “The sales agency’s maple syrup inventory is spread across several storage locations which were not subject to theft.”
Quebec police are investigating the matter, said spokesman Sgt. Ronald McInnis.
Quebec produces about 75% of all of the world’s maple syrup. The province has the ideal spring conditions of warm days and cool evenings that allow the sap to accumulate in maple trees that is later refined into the golden-hued liquid. The theft comes at an inopportune time, with bad weather leading to low supplies in the U.S., increasing global dependence on Quebec’s supply.
Prior to the theft, the federation had accumulated 37 million pounds of maple syrup in its reserves. It plans to consolidate its reserves into a new, larger warehouse later this year.
Despite the theft, the Federation said that there would be no immediate impact on world-wide syrup supply.
Associated Press
By David George-Cosh
Forget about the upcoming election in Quebec, the big news out of the province is the huge breach of the province’s strategic reserve of maple syrup.
Sticky-fingered thieves made off with almost 30 million Canadian dollars (US$30.4 million) worth of maple syrup from a reserve warehouse in rural Quebec, the provincial body responsible for managing the production of maple syrup said late Thursday. That’s more than a quarter of the province’s extra supply—stored each year to protect producers’ from the ups and downs of global supply and demand.
Late last week, the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers found empty barrels that had contained some 10 million pounds of maple syrup during a routine inventory check at a facility located in St-Louis-de-Blandford, a small town about 100 miles north east of Montreal. (Though the group didn’t specify, that works out to more than 15,000 oil drum-style barrels.)
While strategic reserves are typically linked to oil and other industry-sensitive commodities, Quebec has kept a vast store of maple syrup since 2000 to be used if supply of the quintessential Canadian staple falls with poor yields, or higher-than-expected demand.
The Federation said it takes great precautions to protect producers’ harvests.
“The St-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse had been secured by a fence and locks, and visited regularly,” said Serge Beaulieu, the federation’s president. “The sales agency’s maple syrup inventory is spread across several storage locations which were not subject to theft.”
Quebec police are investigating the matter, said spokesman Sgt. Ronald McInnis.
Quebec produces about 75% of all of the world’s maple syrup. The province has the ideal spring conditions of warm days and cool evenings that allow the sap to accumulate in maple trees that is later refined into the golden-hued liquid. The theft comes at an inopportune time, with bad weather leading to low supplies in the U.S., increasing global dependence on Quebec’s supply.
Prior to the theft, the federation had accumulated 37 million pounds of maple syrup in its reserves. It plans to consolidate its reserves into a new, larger warehouse later this year.
Despite the theft, the Federation said that there would be no immediate impact on world-wide syrup supply.
First, I'm am both surprised and relieved to learn that Canada has a "strategic reserve" of maple syrup.
Second, I can only surmise that those clever Canadians (our allies!) are in the throes of weaponizing this nectar of the gods.
This theft stands as proof -- obviously a terrorist plot. I fear for my pancakes.
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