Quebec produces 90 percent of the world's maple syrup. A visit to a sugar shack run by First Nations People sheds light on the importance of Indigenous traditions in its harvesting.

Maple syrup holds profound significance for Indigenous people in Quebec. Communities, including the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), Anishinaabe (Algonquin) and nine other Indigenous nations, have been ...

Some indigenous descendants say oral history puts the practice as far back as a thousand years. ... Jillson was one of the leaders of Maine’s maple syrup scene over the past nearly 40 years.

Because birch syrup is precious and pricey, it may cost as much as 10 times more than maple syrup. This is due to the fact that it takes 100 gallons of raw sap to make just 1 gallon of birch syrup ...

Indigenous people tapped maple trees for centuries, but the warming climate is changing sugar season Warming temperatures and extreme weather stresses the maple trees Syrup producers are taking ...

Olivia Schenker, left, and Zella Milfred, right, tape a plastic bottle to a maple tree for sap collection during their class on maple syrup and climate change, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, at ...

Michigan ranked 5th in maple syrup production in 2024, with 650,000 trees tapped and 200,000 gallons of sap collected, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. What is artificial maple syrup made ...

The Maple Syrup Festival in Dayton returns on Saturday after being on hiatus for four years. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Eastman Nature Center of Three Rivers Park District ...

Genuine maple syrup follows a process of tapping trees and cooking sap with practices that reach back to Wisconsin’s Indigenous population. ... Maple Syrup Hikes, March 8 and 15.