Maple syrup has long been the lifeblood of Virginia’s Highland County. This year, a brutal ice storm and recent warmth brought one of the worst syrup seasons in recent memory.

People enjoyed a sugar rush at the MSU Forestry Innovations Center while learning how to collect sap at home.

Daniel Gardner uses a mallet to bang in a sap spile into a maple tree on his property. Gardner’s Sugar House is one of ...

The public can witness, from tree to table, how maple sap becomes the beloved sweet treat at the fifth-annual Sappy Days: A ...

Maple Weekend at Letchworth State Park gave people the chance to learn about New York's maple sugar-making process.

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:20:39 GMT — Woody Hansen wanted a fun hobby after he retired from teaching 20 years ago. He found that making maple syrup was a fun and easy way to have something to do that ...

"Where drought plays a direct connection we're not sure," said the executive director of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On dark winter nights, Indiana sugar maker Emily Blackman sometimes finds her husband, Robert, pacing the floor of their home in ...

From tap to table, local elementary students are making their own maple syrup. After planning and prepping for a year, Summit ...

Producers say pure maple syrup price covers expense, labor, value-added. Store-bought pancake syrup is produced with corn ...

Saturday mornings were sacred in our house. No alarms, no rush, just the sound of butter sizzling on a hot griddle and the sweet smell of pancakes in the air. I can remember shuffling into the kitchen ...