Every spring, maple producers across New England begin collecting sap from sugar maple trees and boiling it down into syrup, often using the same methods that have been employed for centuries. Don't ...

MapleFest at Michigan State University’s Tollgate Farm in Novi, which was held March 7-8, celebrates the farm’s maple syrup ...

Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest in Lake Placid tries to be on the cutting edge of syrup-making innovations ...

The maple syrup season was in full swing. That was March 26, 2025. The next day, MLive chief meteorologist Mark Torregrossa forecasted an ice storm. In the days that followed, everything changed. A ...

While production is much larger today, maple syrup making remains a local, often family tradition in maple making regions, ...

This article looks at five things we learned from Michigan's maple syrup farmers in a recent in-depth look at ice storm ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Indigenous peoples taught European colonizers how to tap maple trees to make maple syrup. For this Menominee family, it's a ...

Modern methods of collecting sap for maple syrup may ease the process, but Mother Nature still has the final say on the success of any harvest — especially this year. “It’s been a real warm winter; we ...

In Spring we celebrate changes in nature, and when sap starts rising in maple trees _ it’s a first indication that Spring is right around the corner. Area families gathered at River Trail Nature ...

Some of the finer things in life can only be earned and not bought. One such example is the taste of authentic maple syrup.

Looking to sweeten a long and bitter winter? There may be a private sweet shop growing in your yard, producing sugary sap that can be turned into maple syrup. Maple sugaring, the process that turns ...