Audubon Vermont, the State of Vermont, and Vermont Maple Sugar Makers have teamed up to make Vermont’s working forests...
About Maple Syrup
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...
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...
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...
True Crimes of Maple
Inside the sweet world of syrup, a picture of crime emerges . . . Bears, Juveniles and Wasps. . . Oh my! Poaching –...
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...
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...
Maple on the Hiking Trail
We went hiking this summer on the Appalachian Trail, and we brought our homemade maple syrup with us! Both maple syrup...
Maple: America’s Indigenous Sweet
First developed by the native peoples of North America, maple has always been an important food source in this...
2026 Maple Syrup Production by State
Maple nerd alert! The USDA has released the 2026 maple syrup crop statistics and boy are they sweet. (Sorry.) What...