This shift in the weather signals the start of maple sugaring season. I’m not talking about Log Cabin or Mrs. Butterworth’s “maple-flavored syrup”; that’s corn syrup and food coloring. Real maple ...

the tanks — all that comes from Canada,” Ruger said. Adam Wild, director of Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest and co-director of the Cornell Maple Program, said that ...

Forests Canada hosted The Forest Conference on February 19 and 20 in Mississauga, Ontario to bring experts from different fields together to talk about how we can conserve, restore, and grow ...

The tariff tit-for-tat with Canada could also create a sticky situation for maple syrup lovers. “Any tariff on that maple syrup would then probably increase the price of maple syrup for consumers in ...

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 ...

Read more stories on our Canada guide page. On a snowy afternoon in late February, I follow Mitchell Horne through his family’s maple forest in Kahnawà:ke, a Mohawk First Nations reserve about 20 ...