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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

LAKE ODESSA, Mich. — Freezing temperatures at night, and warm, sunny days are creating a perfect environment for Michigan’s maple syrup season. The season typically starts around the beginning of ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It’s as much a Michigan tradition as playing euchre or using your hand as a map. We make maple syrup here, and this time of the year is typically the sweet spot for making the ...

This episode of Brainstorm covers environmental policy and culture Prof. Eli Suzukovich III’s “Maple Syrup and Climate Change” course, which combines lessons about indigenous philosophy, climate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anyone with a family knows that passionate rifts can develop over just about anything; real vs. fake Christmas trees, beach vs. mountain vacations, Swamp People vs. Duck Dynasty. In our house, it’s ...