SUTTON — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott tapped a maple tree at Pure Gold Sugaring in Sutton on March 3 to mark the start of the ...

It takes 40 gallons of tree sap to create one gallon of maple syrup. The formula might come from science, but the result is pure magic, especially to Vermonters, who’ve been tapping and sugaring in ...

You can have your Daylight Saving Time or your dwindling snow banks or your red-winged blackbirds or your sprouting daffodils. Vermonters know the real first sign of approaching spring is when they ...

It’s peak maple sugar season and there’s no place better to get into the thick of it than New England. Maple trees are tapped across the region, from Rhode Island to the northern points of Maine. More ...

If not for maple syrup, March in Vermont would be all about mud season. Thank goodness that the grey days and muddy roads of early spring go hand-in-hand with one of Mother Nature’s most wonderful ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. SANDGATE >> Once a side venture that helped farmers pay their taxes, Vermont maple syrup is becoming big business, with corporations buying up ...

A relatively new program in Vermont is helping both maple syrup-producing farms and their customers to improve forest habitat preferred by a diversity of bird species. Launched in 2014, the ...

When discussing "local food," maple syrup and other maple products certainly fit the bill. Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup in the country. Vermont was also the first state in the ...

Vermont Governor Phil Scott officially opened the state's maple season at Pure Gold Sugaring in Sutton. The Solinsky family, owners of Pure Gold Sugaring, have been producing maple syrup since the ...