{"product_id":"the-sugar-season-isbn-9780306822049","title":"The Sugar Season","description":"\u003cb\u003eA year in the life of one New England family as they work to preserve an ancient, lucrative, and threatened agricultural art--the sweetest harvest, maple syrup . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How has one of America's oldest agricultural crafts evolved from a quaint enterprise with \"sugar parties\" and the delicacy \"sugar on snow\" to a modern industry?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At a sugarhouse owned by maple syrup entrepreneur Bruce Bascom, 80,000 gallons of sap are processed daily during winter's end. In \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar Season\u003c\/i\u003e, Douglas Whynott follows Bascom through one tumultuous season, taking us deep into the sugarbush, where sunlight and sap are intimately related and the sound of the taps gives the woods a rhythm and a ring. Along the way, he reveals the inner workings of the multimillion-dollar maple sugar industry. Make no mistake, it's big business -- complete with a Maple Hall of Fame, a black market, a major syrup heist monitored by Homeland Security, a Canadian organization called The Federation, and a Global Strategic Reserve that's comparable to OPEC (fitting, since a barrel of maple syrup is worth more than a barrel of oil).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whynott brings us to sugarhouses, were we learn the myriad subtle flavors of syrup and how it's assigned a grade. He examines the unusual biology of the maple tree that makes syrup possible and explores the maples' -- and the industry's -- chances for survival, highlighting a hot-button issue: how global warming is threatening our food supply. Experts predict that, by the end of this century, maple syrup production in the United States may suffer a drastic decline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As buckets and wooden spouts give way to vacuum pumps and tubing, we see that even the best technology can't overcome warm nights in the middle of a season--and that only determined men like Bascom can continue to make a sweet like off of rugged land.","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891057684709,"sku":"NP9780306822049","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_561fd224-719c-4b7d-ae54-e9f07dca7e59.jpg?v=1773106873","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-sugar-season-isbn-9780306822049","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}