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Maple Syrup Producers are working flat out this week to tap sugar bushes. They were delayed by the prolonged deep freeze the previous two weeks and now have a tight window to launch their season. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Tapping frenzy underway Back to video John Williams, executive director of the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association, said some producers in Eastern Ontario began tapping during a brief warm spell before the Polar Vorte...

Off The Menu: Smaller menus, staff, and more carryout may become enduring parts of restaurant landscape Updated Feb 20, 2021; Much has changed in the restaurant industry over the past 12 months, and a question on the minds of most top executives in the business is the extent to which those changes will turn out to be lasting. Consumers have reacted to the pandemic by embracing third party delivery, curbside pickup, and family meals as substitutes for the traditional dining experience, and man...

New Local Maple Business Opening This Weekend In Clinton Although some may consider Maple Season to be a fall tradition, you can enjoy the wonder of maple year-round at a brand new local business in Clinton, NY. The Shaw family began their personal maple business back in 2007 after a visit to a local high schools "Annual Maple Weekend." After attending that event, something just stuck. What started as a way of teaching their children the alternatives to unnatural and refined sweeteners has now...

Maine maple producers concerned about mild start to January The warmer weather could mean they start tapping trees soon, but they run the risk of mid-winter cold snaps. Author: Ryan Breton (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:56 AM EST January 12, 2021 Updated: 8:34 AM EST January 12, 2021 NEWFIELD, Maine — One of the challenges Maine maple producers are facing in this mild weather pattern is deciding when to start tapping. The weather is one of the...

What would entice a law enforcement officer with no farming background to quit the force and start making maple syrup for a living? For Jack Powers, owner of Happy Jack’s Maple in Locke, New York, it was his children. His first child, David, was born with Down syndrome. Powers immediately realized that when his son would look for a job down the road, he might have trouble finding a suitable position. As daughters Brooke, now 8, and Julia, now 6, were added to the family, it became obvious ...