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 ...

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

Maple syrup makers have competed in a judging event for nearly a century during the Geauga County Maple Festival season. Thousands of people are descending in northeast Ohio this weekend for a sweet ...

Twenty miles southwest of Cornell’s Ithaca campus grows a forest of sweet trees. The tubing at their trunks carry sugary sap awaiting to be transformed into a crowd-pleasing breakfast staple: maple ...

Inquiring minds at the breakfast table want to know! Maple syrup is synonymous with fall, when all of a sudden everything is flavored with the sweet stuff. It’s the culinary symbol of coziness and has ...

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Discover how maple syrup compares to sugar for blood sugar control and nutrition. Learn which sweetener is the better choice.

Maple syrup is unrefined and retains nutrients like minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants that are not found in white ...