The University of Vermont has opened a research "sugarhouse" to test what effect new technologies have on the flavor of maple syrup. It is the first such facility in the world. Recently, syrup has ...

It may seem like niche science, but Wightman believes maple has a wide-reaching potential to satisfy America’s insatiable sweet tooth and buoy local economies. What’s more, a sugar bush—the term for a ...

Join "Maple 101" on Jan. 14 at St. Patrick’s County Park to learn basics of syrup making and volunteer opportunities. Free ...

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Residents interested in learning the art and science of maple syrup production will have the opportunity to do so during a ...

You can get the sugar out of a lot of trees, but there's something special about the sugar maple. Its trunk is highly efficient at storing and... Mar 18, 2021 — You can get the sugar out of a lot of ...

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 ...

Plant physiologist Abby van den Berg traces how maple sap flows through trees and onto your plate. For centuries, maple syrup producers have used taps, vacuum pumps, and tubing to collect the sugary ...

Those tiny handles on maple syrup bottles aren't random -- here's why they exist and what they reveal about design and ...

Forget about buckets. In recent years, maple syrup has been made with reverse osmosis sap extractors and air injectors. This week, the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple Research Center in ...

Most of us, when we think about maple syrup, picture rosy-cheeked New Englanders dressed in buffalo plaid, tree trunks slung with galvanized buckets, and steam pouring from a rudimentary shack ...