WOODSTOCK, Vt. -- A scent of burnt sweetness fills the air as Ralph Luce feeds the wood-fired furnace in his family's sugarhouse. Condensation drips from the sweaty ceiling, and steam billows from an ...

Maple sap production, essential for syrup, varies based on factors like soil, sunlight, and temperature. Sustained cold weather, like the winter of 2024-25, benefits maple trees and their sap ...

As March fills with maple syrup festivals, we come to learn how maple trees aren't at all like factories or franchises. No. The sap they produce and its sugar content — all necessary to boil it down ...