Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lot of US states produce maple syrup; so many (and so much), in fact, that in 2022 alone, the US produced a whopping 5 million ...

The process of gathering maple syrup is long and arduous. It’s maple syrup season, meaning it’s Vermont’s time to shine. Known worldwide for its maple industry, Vermont sugar makers produce over 3 ...

Steam is puffing from the tall, metal stack on Couture's Sugar House in Westfield, Vermont – a smoke-signal invitation to stop in, learn how maple syrup is made, speculate about the weather, and ...

In early spring, when the snow comes up to our shins here in Vermont, my partner and I walk through the woods, drilling holes in maple trees and inserting taps. We then wait for the weather to warm up ...

It takes 40 gallons of tree sap to create one gallon of maple syrup. The formula might come from science, but the result is pure magic, especially to Vermonters, who’ve been tapping and sugaring in ...

Making maple syrup in New England’s fickle spring weather can be an unpredictable business. Now, President Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff policies are adding anxiety about an industry that ...

A relatively new program in Vermont is helping both maple syrup-producing farms and their customers to improve forest habitat preferred by a diversity of bird species. Launched in 2014, the ...

The homesteading couple behind Gold Shaw Farm documents their traditional process of making sweet maple syrup and creating ...