Maple Syrup

In his new memoir, Peter Gregg shares stories from his 1,000-tap sugaring operation. Plus: Vermont Creamery celebrates its 40th anniversary.

The bird-friendly maple program that started at Vermont Audubon a decade ago is about to expand after getting $2 million from the Inflation Reduction Act.

We talk with UVM Extension's maple specialist about how this sugaring season is faring so far.

The sugaring season in Vermont has always been unpredictable, but in the past, people would generally wait until further into the season to start collecting sap. But many sugar makers have stopped waiting, opting instead to collect as much as they can, when they can.

Mark Isselhardt, a maple specialist at UVM Extension, discusses the 2023 sugaring season as well as new federal legislation known as the MAPLE SYRUP Act.

Vermont produced almost a quarter less maple syrup than last year, following low temperatures and a major winter storm, and high snowpack.

Spring in Vermont means sugaring. While most operations are in rural parts of the state, a group of urban tree-tappers in Burlington are hoping to share that experience with city residents.

Vermont maple producers collected about 2.5 million gallons of syrup in 2022, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That’s an 800,000 gallon increase over 2021.

The northernmost reaches of Somerset County in Maine could become one of the last strongholds of syrup production in New England.

Forrest Foster runs a small organic dairy in Hardwick. He works from about 5 a.m. to 8 or 9 p.m. every day of the week, and this time of year, in addition to all his barn chores, he sugars. Independent producer Erica Heilman stopped in last weekend to see how he was coming along.