But warmer winters and midseason thaws are disrupting that balance. Producers are being forced to adapt to protect both their trees and their livelihoods. “The recent winters have warmed up way too ...

The Northeast produces the vast majority of U.S. maple syrup because of cold, freezing nights followed by warm, ...

The 2025 maple season continued this tradition of maple dominance: ...

Maple Farmers is a collective of small family farms around Vermont that craft syrup in small batches the traditional way — boiled over wood fires in rustic sugarhouses.

The race to bottle a year’s supply of maple syrup begins the moment sap starts flowing in late winter. Producers tap ...

An etching from an 1879 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper shows men collecting sap outside Rutland, Vermont. Vermonters originally made maple sugar, rather than syrup, because it kept ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. SANDGATE >> Once a side venture that helped farmers pay their taxes, Vermont maple syrup is becoming big business, with corporations buying up ...

SUTTON — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott tapped a maple tree at Pure Gold Sugaring in Sutton on March 3 to recognize the beginning of this year’s maple season. With the weather still chilly but the sun ...

If not for maple syrup, March in Vermont would be all about mud season. Thank goodness that the grey days and muddy roads of early spring go hand-in-hand with one of Mother Nature’s most wonderful ...