There are more tappable maple trees in New York State than anywhere else in the world. One operation, Crown Maple Syrup, produced at Madava Farms in Dutchess County, New York, is looking to maximize ...

We look at the science behind the whole process, from sap to syrup. Are you a grade B maple syrup fan? Well, you can’t get it anymore. To understand why, we have to look at the science behind the ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. When Eric and Laura Sorkin got into the maple ...

The University of Vermont has opened a research "sugarhouse" to test what effect new technologies have on the flavor of maple syrup. It is the first such facility in the world. Recently, syrup has ...

Oregon hasn’t traditionally made a lot of maple syrup, largely because there’s more money in Douglas fir trees than maple trees. Doug firs produce straight logs that are good for construction. Maples, ...

Derick Eaton is among a growing number of backyard maple sap collectors.For the past seven years, Eaton and his young family has been tapping maples in their yard. It's on about three-acres, and they ...

Special to the Journal Pam Cermak of Sugarbush Creek Farms in Middlefield explains how maple trees are tapped and tubes are connected to vacuum pump sap to a storage tank in a pump room. The Cermaks ...

Maple Syrup Festival The 76th annual Pennsylvania Maple Festival will be hosted in Meyersdale on April 22, 23 and 26-30. Festivities begin at 8 a.m. each day. On April 29, the last Saturday of the ...

BRATTLEBORO — Ben is 32 years old and the sixth generation to work at the Robb Farm. In 1907 his family moved to Ames Hill in West Brattleboro and began a farming operation. For many years the land ...

Tapped and produced on the 4,000-acre Heiberg Memorial Forest in Tully, N.Y., maple syrup produced by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) debuts this week at the ESF College ...

In Quebec, maple syrup is a big business and defining part of the province’s culture. According to the Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ) which is the main federation of maple ...