A new method of harvesting sap from young trees could revolutionize maple syrup production in Vermont — and potentially around the world. Researchers at the University of Vermont’s Proctor ...

Maple syrup is a natural forest food product and, for the most part, only produced in temperate North American woodlands. More specifically, the sugary sap is mostly collected from the sugar maple ...

Maple syrup isn ’t just for ... A $2 million grant was awarded to the National Audubon Society to look at improving bird habitats by encouraging maple syrup producers to incorporate forest ...

Spring is a critical time for aficionados of maple syrup. Across the northern regions where sugar maple trees flourish, syrup producers are closely monitoring the weather. They're hoping for the ...

What really matters to maple syrup producers, Rapp explains, is the amount of sugar in the sap: ... Forest Ecology and Management, 2015; 335: 249 DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.041; ...

You have a maple flavor, you’ll identify it as ‘oh, that’s maple,’ but it’s different from eastern sugar maple syrup. The syrup has a more complex flavor, the bigleaf syrup.

Over time through changes in forest management – like wildfire suppression – maple trees have moved into oaks’ place in areas such as northeast Iowa. Randall said that means the maple syrup ...

Tom Carlson ran a bare hand along a length of the blue tubing that wove through the woods, suspended like a 5,000-foot string art project.

How to visit Vermont maple syrup producers ... Ask a Vermont maple producer the size of their sugar bush — that’s the forest where they collect sap — and the answer could range from a few ...

Jonathan Davis, left, tastes the first run of maple syrup with his father, Steven, right, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Steven Davis, who started tapping 220 trees on his family's ...

Today the family business, Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup, taps just under 4,000 trees and produces about 2,000 gallons of syrup each season. “We retail at our shop about 80% of that and the rest ...

In recent weeks, producers and hobbyists across the Midwest have been tapping their trees and making maple syrup. They were waiting for just the right conditions for the sap to run: temperatures above ...