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Much of what makes Farm to School possible are the grants the Hutchinson School District receives. The district has received four MDA Farm to School grants since 2020, totaling more than $277,000.
Funding cuts to a farm-to-school program. South Dakota's ag secretary talks ag issues. We hear about sugarbeet farming history from farmers who lived it. We take you to the region's sweetest harvest.
This year the group had collected 2,000 gallons of sap from about 400 trees that lined a ridge in Rockwood Township on what is called Rockwood Maple Farm. That equates to about 50 gallons of syrup ...
Open Maple Day at Benner's Farm WHEN | WHERE March 2, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., rain or shine COST $12 for adults 18 and over, $10 for seniors and children.
Tholhill Maple Farm will be open Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those who visit the farm will be able to learn and see how maple syrup is made. Plus, you’ll get a taste of their products.
Hale Farm's Maple Sugar Festival & Pancake Breakfasts are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sundays on March 8-9, 15-16 and 22-23. Tickets are $25 for adults and $16 for kids ages 3 to 12.
Maple tour Maple farm tours occurred in Wayne County for over 40 years and used to be a bus tour, involving only a handful of producers. Maple producers, also called "sugar makers," hold these ...
Mercedes Wilson and Emily Lampa took a road trip to Attica, New York to visit the Merle Maple Farm for Maple Syrup Weekend. They talked with Lyle Merle, and Eileen Downs, partners, Merle Maple Farm.
Michigan Maple Weekend is a statewide event, but the dates vary by region, with the southern lower peninsula being March 15-16 and the in the upper peninsula, April 5-6.
“It’s in my blood, a family tradition,” said Haigh, who has 20 acres of maple trees that he and Mary have put 700 taps in to collect the sap. But gone are the days of tapping and hanging ...
“Sap season is over,” John Hall declared on March 4, 2023. At Maple Breeze Farm in Westbrook, Connecticut, the fleeting period in which weather conditions allow a maple tree to be tapped for sap had ...
There is a sugar shack nestled in the woods in Antrim County as they prepare to welcome guests for Michigan Maple Syrup Association's Maple Days. "Yes, we like maple syrup.