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One barrel of oil currently costs about $50. One barrel of maple syrup, on the other hand, sells for about $1,200.

The land of Mont Tremblant and Mont Sainte Anne is also home to a maple syrup cartel that controls the price of one of their biggest exports, maple syrup. VICE brings us an inside look into the workings of Quebec’s maple syrup Cartel.

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Tim Konrad, founder of Unofficial Networks, is a skier with over 20 years in the ski industry. Starting the blog in 2006 from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, the website has grown into one of the world’s...