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Sap from maple trees starts to flow in New England around this time of year. March is the most important month for the more than 300 maple producers in Massachusetts as they create more than 70,000 ...

Forester and maple syrup expert Steven Roberge places a lid on a bucket collecting sap in his Peterborough backyard. It’s maple season in New Hampshire, and it’s not too late to become a maple ...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- The Geauga Park District invites you to its annual Sap’s-a-Risin’ maple sugaring festivities from noon to 4 p.m. on three Sundays -- Feb. 23 through March 9 -- at its Swine ...

STURBRIDGE — From Maine to Connecticut and every state in-between, local sugar shacks and farms are starting to tap maple trees, collect sap, and boil it down into maple syrup. It is maple sugaring ...

Sap will soon be flowing from Michigan’s sugar maples, ready to be boiled down to pure maple syrup. Good, old-fashioned maple syrup is among the state’s oldest agricultural products, dating back to ...

The process of gathering maple syrup is long and arduous. It’s maple syrup season, meaning it’s Vermont’s time to shine. Known worldwide for its maple industry, Vermont sugar makers produce over 3 ...