Maple Syrup

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.

Vermont's maple sugaring season has begun, and host Mikaela Lefrak talks with experts and professional sugarers about what is new this year.

Small-scale maple syrup productions ticked up during the pandemic, and plenty of online and in-person resources exist for those who want to start tapping trees next spring.

Call us rivals, or frenemies...But where does this half-serious tension come from? Ian Harding of Los Angeles asked Brave Little State to break it down.

All over Vermont small, family-owned sugarhouses lie tucked into hillsides. Some haven’t been used in decades and at others, families are still producing…

Preserving Vermont’s historic maple sugaring operations. Plus, money from the American Rescue Plan, vaccines during Ramadan, and COVID-19 numbers.Want the…

What an ice core has to teach us about climate change. Plus, tapping trees (not just maple), vaccination disparities, and COVID-19 numbers. Want the web…

Scientists at the University of New Hampshire are studying ways to tap trees and make syrup with species other than maples, in hopes of developing new...

A new study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management looks at how climate change will affect the timing and yield of the sugaring season in…

Vermont continues to lead the nation in maple syrup production, with this year's yield up 7% from last season.Sugaring operations took in and processed…