Making maple syrup together is a great way to engage kids---both big and little---with art, science, history, and...
About Maple Syrup
2022 Maple Syrup Production by State
Maple nerd alert! The USDA has released the 2022 maple syrup crop statistics and boy are they sweet. (Sorry.) What...
Our Indigenous Peoples First Cultivated More than Just Maple
Sugar country, under snow, getting ready to give thanks for the abundance of food first developed in the Americas. Our...
DIY Maple Syrup: Time to Identify Your Trees!
Fall is just about here again. Time to escape into the woods. The leaves have started to turn, the air is crisp, the...
Maple, Archeology, and the Other Vermont Evaporator Company
This antique evaporator door was made by a Vermont Evaporator Company that operated a century ago. A customer...
What is “Bird-Friendly” Maple?
Audubon Vermont, the State of Vermont, and Vermont Maple Sugar Makers have teamed up to make Vermont’s working forests...
Isn’t all Maple Syrup Organic?
Pesticides and herbicides are not commonly used in maple syrup production. Does that mean that all maple syrup is...
Planting Maples for Posterity
Here in sugar country, it is not uncommon to find oneself travelling down a country lane in the dappled shadows cast...
True Crimes of Maple
Inside the sweet world of syrup, a picture of crime emerges . . . Burglary, vandalism and heists, oh my! The hidden...
Maple: America’s Indigenous Sweet
This Independence Day, recall the uniquely American history of our favorite, independant, homegrown sweet! First...
Maple School: Why Does Sap Run? Science!
Maple sap runs in the late winter or early spring time, when the nights are freezing and the days are warm. But what...
Maple School: Maple Syrup Story Hour
Children’s literature on maple syrup making is prolific, varied, and fun. Here are some great titles for a maple syrup...
Maple School: The Early History of Maple Syrup
Maple syrup was first developed here in North America. When and by whom? Read on! Corn, beans, cotton, tobacco and...
Maple School: The Math of Tapping a Maple Tree
Welcome to Maple School, our series on things kids can learn through maple syrup. First up is The Math of Tapping a...
The Health Benefits of Maple Syrup
Ever hear that Maple Syrup is good for you? Wonder if it’s true? We did too! So we did the research and here is what...
Something to Read: Giving a Book about Maple
Books make great gifts for maple lovers of all ages! At gift-giving time, my coworker and sister-in-law Nikki has a...
Giving Thanks for Maple
Join us in observing Native American Heritage Month this year by giving thanks for maple! Nikki Whelley, Vermont...
Back to School: A Review of Children’s Literature on Maple
From picture books about sugaring in the olden days to modern how-to manuals for kids, children’s literature on maple...
The Maple King: How Maple Got Big
Oil had Rockefeller, steel had Carnegie, and F. Scott FitzGerald brought us the Great Gatsby. But Maple had a King!...
A Good Read for the Maple History Buff
Maple Sugarin’ In Vermont: A Sweet History by Betty Ann Lockhart is a perfect fair-weather read for the Vermont...
Sugar From Trees: An American Heritage
The first chapter in the history of maple syrup is a uniquely Native North American one. First there were historic...
Maple Sugaring 101: A Beach Read for Sugaring Folk
“The Maple Sugar Book” by Helen and Scott Nearing is an extensively researched, interesting, and surprisingly funny...
A Beach Read for Sugaring Folk
“The Maple Sugar Book” by Helen and Scott Nearing is an extensively researched, interesting, and surprisingly funny...