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Canada Is Stepping Up Its Maple Syrup Research
- buserror 11y agoTBH, It /could/ be sponsored content for all I know, but if it's the case, I'd be quite happy reading shortish pieces like that now and then (which actually MIGHT makes me want to buy some maple syrup ;-)) instead of flash banner ads. Bring it on, either way!
- sp332 11y agoVice is usually pretty good about pointing out which articles are sponsored. They put "Presented by X" next to the author's name, or just replace it with "Sponsored Content"
- dang 11y agoA trifecta of maple syrup stories in the last couple months. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Maple%20Syrup&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Maple%20Syrup&sort=byDate&date....
- have_faith 11y agoI've noticed an up-tick of maple syrup related articles on various sites recently (something that I wouldn't normally notice). Is Canada doing a big branding push for maple syrup at the moment? Like another commenter mentioned, smells of sponsored content.
- buserror 11y agoI thought it might be -- in pact I posted the link a bit on purpose, because it could also be a bit of a social experiment -- not entirely sure what the /goal/ might be, but if its a bit more widespread than this, given the rather trivial matter, it could be a plant with a purpose... Paranoid? nahhhh, just pass me a pancake ;-)
- dang 11y agoGood point. Perhaps someone has been busy at the trade board.
- derefr 11y agoI'm guessing that it's just a research "meme": the result of scientists talking to one-another at conferences and spreading ideas about promising avenues of research. Then again, I'm Canadian myself, so I'm not to be trusted here ;)
- alricb 11y agoMost of those stories came out of the unusual "heist", where in the months prior to July 2012 thieves took the equivalent of 10,000 barrels of syrup from a warehouse in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, around 25 km north of Victoriaville, which is about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence. The other stories mostly concern the conflict between some producers and the Federation of Maple Syrup Producers, which is a legal cartel akin to the Canadian Wheat Board.