America has been making this food for at least 250 years. Here’s how it’s changed.

Globe contributor Sally Pasley Vargas and I researched and tested as we whittled down scores of recipes to half a dozen that ...
Lansing State Journal

Michigan's maple syrup season comes to sweet end with 2 festivals

After months of harvesting sweet sap from thousands of maple trees, two Michigan communities are celebrating the end of the season with the fruits of all that labor. This week, Shepherd and ...
WMUR

Students from Hampton School District learn how to make maple syrup

SEASON UP AND RUNNING. BUT ALL THOSE ONIONS COMING TO A SUPERMARKET NEAR YOU AND KIDS IN HAMPTON GETTING TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MAPLE SIRUP UP CLOSE THIS YEAR, I’LL TAKE MAPLE SEASON SUGARING OVER ...
News 8000

Maple syrup producers see increased sap collection, but long-term uncertainty looms

CASHTON, Wis. (WKBT) -- Maple season in Wisconsin is coming to an end in southwestern Wisconsin. Maple trees require moisture from snowfall and freezing temperatures at night followed by warmer days ...
Wicked Local

MA maple syrup season was strong this year. Experts explain why

This year's maple sap collection in Massachusetts contains more sugar than most years. Sweeter sap requires less boiling time, which leads to increased maple syrup production. Colder temperatures and ...
Uticaod

Students, NY syrup producers celebrate 'bumper year' during Maple Weekend

New York State Maple Weekend is such a big thing that it takes two weekends: March 21 and 22, and March 28 and 29; several local producers are participating. That includes the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill ...
WDIO

Minnesota maple syrup makers seeing a promising sap season

Unpredictable weather this month has made it challenging for people tapping maple trees to make maple syrup. Maple sap runs best when daytime temperatures are in the high 30s to mid-40s and overnight ...
KING5

Made in Washington: Neil's Bigleaf Maple Syrup

ACME, Wash. — Every bottle of Neil's Bigleaf Maple Syrup starts with a drill, a tap and a maple tree that's been standing in the foothills of the North Cascades for centuries. "Everything that's ...
pressconnects

Cornell develops maple sap chiller to boost New York syrup producers

Rising March temperatures threaten New York's maple syrup industry by causing sap to spoil. Cornell University researchers have developed a low-cost, DIY solution to keep maple sap chilled. The new ...
wbng

BOCES students learn how to filter maple syrup

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) - Students in the building trades class at Broome-Tioga BOCES are producing homemade maple syrup — about 50 bottles per year — using a reverse osmosis system they built ...
Hartford Courant

CT maple syrup producers are seeing a surplus of sap as spring approaches. Here’s the sweet reason.

Spencer Luthy, owner of Maplewood Farms in Harwinton, said this year he has nearly tripled his maple sap production, as the colder temperatures over winter and historic high temperatures of March have ...