A technological revolution has transformed the ancient tradition of sugar making—with big implications for local economies ...

An Invasive Maple Came to the U.S. Centuries Ago Norway maple, classified as highly invasive in the United States, was first ...

When it dribbles from the tree, sap is anywhere from 1 to 3 percent sugar. To make maple syrup, sap must be boiled down to a much sweeter 66 percent sugar, a process that took hours. After the ...

The Hogback Mountain Country Store has been a fixture in Marlboro, Vermont since 1936. That’s right, while the rest of the ...

It was early April, and his parents were boiling maple sap in the Western New York shack where they produced syrup and other ... These days, maple sugaring is less of a handicraft and more of a ...

Maple syrup in a glass bottle. Real maple syrup is a natural sugar made from the sap of maple trees that is generally believed to be more nutritious than refined sugar. Maple syrup in a glass bottle.

“Maple syrup production is a very carbon energy intensive process,” Checkoway said. “It takes a lot of heating of sap to turn it into a syrup, and it’s become more of an issue within the community, of ...

The menu at Maple Sugar & Vermont Spice is a love letter to classic American breakfast fare, with a generous drizzle of ...