Maple syrup is a one-ingredient food. Only one thing goes into making it: the sap of maple trees collected in early spring.

New Jersey isn't prime maple sugaring zone, but that hasn't stopped people, parks commissions and universities from exploring ...

Sugar camps are open for tours to show how sugar water is made into maple syrup and candy. The camps will also have various ...

Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is a deciduous tree also referred to as hard maple or rock maple. It is one of the largest and most important hardwood species in North America, typically reaching 70-90 ...

Maple syrup is one of those foods that conjures up particular imagery – the trees, the color red, the forests, the sap ...

Maple syrup is a one-ingredient food. Only one thing goes into making it: the sap of maple trees collected in early spring.

Introducing Take 5 for Nature! This new column will be published quarterly and will provide readers with interesting information about what is currently taking place in the natural world around ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Today, Portelli taps about 75 sugar maple trees in North Jersey and produces small batches of maple syrup, candy, cream and sugar that he and Lynda sell ...

When early spring rolls around, it's prime time for making maple syrup. So, how do farmers harvest sap and take it from the tree to the bottle?

Collecting sap from maple trees to make maple sugar and syrup originated with Indigenous people. "The first people known to have manufactured maple syrup are the Native Americans living in the ...