The essence of the Green Mountain State tastes sweetest when the sap flows and syrup thickens in the annual thaw.

Maple sugaring — or syrup — season begins when the changing temperatures allow sap to flow up and down tree trunks. Indigenous people were the first to tap trees and the technique has since become a ...

Known as “Maple Man,” a Missoula, Montana, resident taps 300-plus trees around town to grow his urban syrup business. He’s ...

Traditionally, Vermont families begin harvesting and boiling at the start of this month as Vermont’s weather rolls through ...