- Maple trees can live up to 400 years and be tapped for syrup for decades without harming the tree
- It takes roughly 50 gallons of these drops to make one 1 gallon of 100% pure Grade A maple syrup.
- C$18 million worth of maple syrup wa
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- Western wellness influencers once dubbed coconuts as the new 'it' superfood.
- As coconut demand soared, producers tried to keep up.
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- A 1-kilogram bottle of artisanal rice syrup can reach $140.
- It's all due to sikhye: a mixture of steamed rice, hot water, and barley malt.
- Sikhye takes days — and nights — of hard work to achieve.
Rice syrup is a staple in Korean cuisine.
- At over $500 a pound, olive wagyu is one of the most expensive meats you can buy.
- There are only 2,500 heads of olive wagyu cattle on the island of Shodoshima.
- Farmer Masaki Ishii feeds his cattle waste from local olive oil groves.
Olive wagyu has been called the rarest