Discover how the Environmental Quality Incentives Program is helping maple providers improve traditional methods, making maple syrup creation more efficient and less wasteful.

Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

Readfield nativeDavid Harriman, co-owner of Dead Stream Alpaca and Maple Farm with his wife, Karen, runs an 1,800-tap maple ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It’s as much a Michigan tradition as playing euchre or using your hand as a map. We make maple syrup here, and this time of the year is typically the sweet spot for making the ...

CHARLOTTE, Mich. — There's a road in Charlotte called Maple Highway. Although, it's not much of a highway. It's a dirt road with one home at the end of the dead-end street. This quiet, unassuming path ...

Working with (hopefully) large quantities of syrup, adding more as the water boils off, the process can get messy, with boiled-over liquid and sticky residue left behind. Some operators will have a ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

VICTOR, N.Y. — Maple Weekend, a series of two weekends to celebrate New York State’s maple syrup industry, kicks off on Saturday. Schoff’s Sugar Shack in Victor is gearing up to sell maple products, ...

By EMILY HERRING ne of my favorite times of the year is when winter begins to fade and spring begins to shine. Last weekend ...