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Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Maple syrup is a natural forest food product and, for the most part, only ...

With the weirdly cold spring changing normal production schedules, maple syrup producers have had a rough season. But they have a new advantage, too. Instead of relying on buckets attached to trees to ...

This can double the sap volume collected over the course of a season, assuming the tubing system is well-maintained, and the pumps are managed in a way to harvest sap during each run. Sugar-makers ...

Rising March temperatures threaten New York's maple syrup industry by causing sap to spoil. Cornell University researchers have developed a low-cost, DIY solution to keep maple sap chilled. The new ...

On a cold, February day in the hills of the Finger Lakes, thousands of leafless maple trees stood dormant, waiting patiently for the kiss of spring. Armed with a hammer and drill, Aaron Wightman ...

In the 19th century Indiana was a maple sugar powerhouse. That changed during the Great Depression. After decades of dormancy, however, the maple sugar industry has started to make a comeback in ...

We all know that foods like beans and cabbage may give us gas. There is one case, though, where gas gives us food. Fortunately, it’s not the same kind of gas. From roughly mid-February through the end ...