Though maple syrup production dipped this year, experts and producers aren't worried
The decline comes after record-breaking production in 2022 but is still in line with long-term numbers.
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The decline comes after record-breaking production in 2022 but is still in line with long-term numbers.
In the mood for something sweet? The Central New York Maple Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary, taking place April 2-3 in Marathon, New York. The event features arts and
Lumberton's first brewpub, Ark Brewery, Restaurant & Pub, to open in early May Three years ago, Joe Johnston and Kenny Davis were working as vendors at Red Top Farm Market when they expressed an interest in opening a brewery together. Now the two are set to open the first brewery — actually, a brewpub — in Lumberton Township in early May with plans for an innovative menu and live music. As they worked their tables side by side, Johnston said to Davis, “One of these days I’m going to give you a phone call. Pick up the phone and we’re gonna make it happen.” A year later, Jo...
Woronoco Heights Outdoor Adventures, the Boy Scouts of America Western Massachusetts Council's outdoor family program, will be hosting activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Horace A. Moses Scout Reservation, 310 Birch Hill Road. Chuck, Trish and Nathan Andrews of Top O' The Hill Maple in Blandford, will be showing WHOA participants what it takes to set up a maple syrup collection system. Using both modern day and antique tools, the Andrews will offer guided tours of the new Moses Scout Reservation "sugar bush." Other highlights include "Forged In Fire" contestant Dana D...
Butter Block pastries, clockwise from 9 o'clock: Breton kouign amann, pain au chocolat, almond croissant, jam doughnut, poptart-ish pastry, danish, with a coconut croissant in the middle, at Farmers & Artisans food shop on Main Street in Snyder. Robert Kirkham This holiday season, consider the gift of spending money that would have gone to Amazon to strengthen your own community in these trying times. One of the most efficient routes to commencing your own local micro-stimulus program may be farm stores. These are spaces that serve as retail platforms for small-scale f...