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Al Jazeera
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Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

SHOCKING: Inside the pressures facing quebec s billion dollar maple syrup industry | Mind Blowing Facts

Maple syrup producer Jean-Francois Touchette stands next to a maple tree on his property in Saint-Urbain-Premier, Quebec [Jillian Kestler-D'Amours/Al Jazeera]

Saint-Urbain-Premier, Quebec, Canada – In clear safety glasses and heavy beige overalls, Jean-Francois Touchette is in his element.

All around him are pipes, tubes, temperature gauges and various humming instruments: all the machinery needed to turn tree sap into maple syrup.

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