Making maple syrup, Nancy added, reveals “our interconnectedness with the natural world around us.” Avery Yale Kamila is a food writer who lives in Portland. She can be reached at ...

The farm now produces ketchup with its dark color maple syrup, which serves as the only sweetener. 1:30 p.m. Mavis runs toward the sugaring facility with a Frisbee in her mouth.

Learn how to simply filter sugar sand in maple syrup. Once you encounter the niter maple syrup contains, you can easily filter it out to get clear maple syrup.

American maple syrup almost went extinct. In 1993, sugar makers in New York State, the second-largest producer in the U.S. behind Vermont, made only 180,000 gallons of syrup.

Maple sugaring is fun and easy and can be done on a small or large scale, depending on the time you have available and your ability to acquire supplies (for larger operations, this can get expensive).

My maple farm in Morgan, Vermont, has been in the family for four generations, since my grandfather started making maple syrup professionally in the 1920s. I’ve run the place since the late ’70s.

Yes, you can make syrup in the city. Urban tree-tappers share how. You don’t need a full-on forest to harness the sweet potential of maple trees ...