Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before it ever hits your pancakes, it starts right here at Keystone College’s Sugar Shack in Lackawanna County, where students ...

This natural sweetener made from the sap of sugar maple trees brings a depth of flavor that enhances both sweet and savory ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If you want to add a large shade tree to your landscape, ...

It is one of the sweetest times of the year. Why? It is maple sugaring month. Although we think of maple as a fall flavor, this is the season when the hard work takes place at sugarhouses. The sap ...

March has arrived, and with it comes the maple-producing season! This annual event is a sign of spring in many places and unseasonably warm temperatures (at least in the Northeast and Upper Midwest) ...

Maple syrup is unrefined and retains nutrients like minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants that are not found in white sugar. Maple syrup has a lower glycemic index than white sugar, meaning it has less ...

Winter's freakish warmth made for a somewhat skimpy maple sugar season, but it still produced mysteries. One sugar maple tree at Bendix Woods County Park in New Carlisle gave zero sap to boil into ...

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 ...

Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

After months of harvesting sweet sap from thousands of maple trees, two Michigan communities are celebrating the end of the ...