Students in the building trades class at Broome-Tioga BOCES are producing homemade maple syrup — about 50 bottles per year — using a reverse osmosis system they built themselves.

After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...

Ever wanted to tap a tree and make your own maple syrup? We’ve got four ways to learn or pitch in. Here in mid-February, maple sap may start to run in little spurts when temperatures rise above ...

Maple Weekend, a series of two weekends to celebrate New York State’s maple syrup industry, kicks off on Saturday.

The gathering of maple sap dates back to the American Indians, who were tapping maple trees long before the settlers arrived. While it is somewhat time-consuming, making your own maple syrup is not a ...

All this newfound maple knowledge will have you craving the finished product, and the tasting portion of the event will not disappoint. However, you may be surprised by one of the samples. Your ...

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 ...

"It’s not just passing the technical knowledge, it's passing that relationship," said Leah Hopkins, a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe who showed community members how maple sugaring works.