Maple Syrup

For weeks, industrial boilers and evaporators have been pumping full steam ahead as maple syrup season in western Massachusetts continues. It's a sweet enterprise that one family in Belchertown has been at for 50 years now.

President Trump’s tariff policy has created confusion and retaliation from Canada.

The University of Vermont has named a new scientific director for its maple research center.

Senators from across New England have introduced a bill to reauthorize and rename a measure that supports maple syrup producers.

A representative from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources will join local legislators for a tour of Berkshire maple sugarhouses on Sunday.

Adam Wild, the director of the Uihlein Maple Research Forest in Lake Placid, is out with a report on the economic potential of American Beech trees.

New York Maple Weekends are returning for the rest of March. The event is hosted by the New York State Maple Producers Association and is funded by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.New York Maple Weekends allows you to visit your local maple producer. Producers will open their doors to visitors to enjoy some local maple syrup and experience how NY maple products are made.

Sugarhouses in both New York and Vermont are restarting open houses this and next weekend after pausing such events due to the pandemic.

Today on Food Friday, we discuss the sweet treat of maple syrup. Missy and Rob Leab of Ioka Valley Farm join WAMC's Ray Graf to discuss pure maple syrup and specialty maple products.

The Cornell Maple Program recently opened a new lab and sugar house designed to help advance research for New York’s growing maple industry.