Taps are out now, collecting sap to boil down into maple syrup, as back-and-forth weather has slowed maple sugaring slightly.
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Somali Bantu Community Association moves into new Lewiston headquarters
• Sticky stats on Maine’s maple syrup production last year
• And, just how vegan-friendly is Maine?
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Amid massive shortage, Canada taps strategic reserves – of maple syrup
Quebec produces 73 percent of the world’s supply but a shorter and warmer spring sugaring season caused output to fall by nearly a quarter.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Photo: Auburn sugar house chugs along toward opening
Dan Giguere plans to fully open his operation in a locomotive-style treehouse.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Photo Gallery: Maine maple producers tapping into spring
Maine sugarhouses have tapped into their maple trees but aren’t see a lot of sap flowing. They have high hopes with warm days and cold nights in the weather forecast.
Posted inMaine, News
Maple celebrations return in some states, with precautions
It’s been a slow start to maple syrup season in Maine, but producers are starting to ramp up production of the sweet maple treat.
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maple syrup, honey producers won’t be stuck with confusing label
It’s a sweet victory for Maine maple syrup and honey producers. An amendment preventing a confusing labeling requirement from moving forward was approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate. The amendment, authored by Republican Sen. Susan Collins and co-sponsored by Sen. Angus King, an independent, puts an end to an FDA proposal that would require maple […]
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Maine maple syrup, honey producers not so sweet on label change
MaryAnne Kinney, whose family owns Kinney’s Sugarhouse in Knox, is planning a one-woman march on Washington, D.C., in June to protest a proposed federal regulation that would require maple syrup labels to indicate the product contains “added sugar.” Maple syrup is naturally high in sugar — so high that it triggers the new requirement, which […]