[Grimmy]

What kind of impact would this plan have on the availability and price of real maple syrup?

[Paladin2]

I don't know, but some time recently I vaguely remember suggesting that Vermont cut down all of its Sugar Maples to avoid some sort of gov't overreach.

Doesn't that stuff keep? I have but a few decades to go and could easily lay in a lifetime supply.

[Paladin2]

"“The current Vermont grades are part of the Vermont agricultural brand,” said Ken Bushee, a maple producer in Danby and the former director of the VMSA. “They speak of higher quality expected by the public because of higher than average quality produced by Vermont.”

Vermont maple syrup is a quarter of a degree heavier in density than other varieties, Bushee noted. .

“It’s hard to be involved in a discussion if the discussion takes place before you know about it,” Bushee said. “IMSI wants this change, but it actually isn’t in the best interest of the producers of this state [to] be lowering of our high standards to meet the rest.”"