By Bhavani Munshi Decolonizing Maple Syrup The fact that maple syrup is so rarely acknowledged as an Indigenous invention is a direct result of centuries of colonization and the concerted effort to erase Native culture and identity. Maple syrup has long enjoyed an easy ubiquity on breakfast tables and shelves of souvenir shops all over …
By Colleen Seto Sweet Water As the sap starts flowing across Ontario, this Indigenous-owned maple syrup company is ready for another exciting year. For Deborah Aaron and Isaac Day, having a maple syrup business is all about carrying on traditions. Day recalls making syrup as a young boy with his grandfather, and Aaron’s parents took …
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