Maple syrup, naturally sweet with its lush notes of vanilla and caramel, is one of the first signs of spring. Now, maple’s lesser-known forest cousin birch is having its day. Nature’s unrequited gifts ...

Either way, sugarmakers foresee more adaptation ahead. The tapping of trees for sap or syrup is an age-old practice. Birch sap, like maple, has long been harvested by Indigenous people living in ...

Meadowdale Winery is reviving a centuries-old practice of making birch wine from Adirondack-sourced sap, and interest is growing.

Different from traditional maple syrup it is not as sweet and has a more of a caramel flavour. Birch syrup is made from the birch sap. Traditionally birch sap was used as a beverage consumed either ...

You can tap and make syrup from the boxelder, known as ash-leaf maple, which is a species of maple trees. Sycamores, butternut and birch trees also produce sap that can be turned into edible sugar ...

Science students from Lynd Public School have been working on a new project and creating their own maple syrup production ...

It's Maple Weekend in New York State, and in Oneida County, two bustling locations are demonstrating how this liquid gold ...

Maple syrup, naturally sweet with its lush notes of vanilla and caramel, is one of the first signs of spring. Now, maple’s lesser-known forest cousin birch is ... directs the sap that flows ...