maple syrup

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 7:00AM 4/10/2009
    My family eats a huge amount of maple syrup, and lately, I've had to carefully budget our purchases. I have a whopping $50 per month set aside for sweeteners, and between the disappearance of bees and the rising prices of maple syrup, it doesn't go as far as you'd think.Lately, maple syrup prices...

    By Aaron Crowe

    | 5:00PM 4/06/2009
    The high price of maple syrup is leading to some sticky crimes in Quebec, Canada, where someone recently broke into a sugar shack and stole eight barrels of maple syrup worth $16,000 to $18,000.The 15,000 liters is so valuable because the cost of a can of maple syrup has gone up to $10 from $6 last...

    By Zac Bissonnette

    | 5:30PM 1/20/2009
    The United States food supply is more reliable than those found in many other countries, but there are still some common scams to look out for: Consumer Reports found that most "wild salmon" advertised in grocery stores is actually of the less desirable farm-raised variety. A lot of olive oil is...

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 8:00AM 1/15/2009
    I was shocked this summer when I saw the price of maple syrup virtually double in a few weeks' time. My family sweetens a lot of our food with maple syrup as we are working to reduce overly processed foods in our diet. At the time, I didn't know exactly why, but I've just been schooled in the world...