Mark and Susan Lockwood have made a hobby of tapping maple trees on their Seekonk property each year for the past 24 years. In a homemade evaporator, gallons of sap are boiled all day long at the end ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Growing up in Ontario, Canada, one of my core childhood memories was piling into the car, crossing the border into Quebec, and heading straight for a cabane à sucre—those quintessential sugar shacks ...

Maple syrup has long been a staple of North American breakfasts, especially across the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada, where its production originated. It’s made by boiling down sap collected ...

Producing other kinds of syrup could be a natural way for farmers to safeguard their harvest against warmer weather and pests. But maple experts say, the most famous syrup is here to stay. CONCORD, ...

Spring may barely have sprung, but the maple harvest of North America is drawing to a close. Almost all true maple syrup comes from the United States and Canada, with Quebec producing 72 per cent of ...