Maple In The News

 Here's the most comprehensive story yet about what happened ... thanks, Businessweek!  http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-02/the-great-canadian-maple-syrup-heist  

By CYNTHIA DRUMMOND / Sun Staff Writer The Westerly Sun, Posted in News, Local on Friday, October 26, 2012 10:30 am. http://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/north-american-conference-tour-a-sweet-success/article_4dfd6d4a-1f77-11e2-919e-001a4bcf887a.html Tom Buck had been preparing for this for weeks. Over 100 people from several states and provinces in Canada were about to arrive at his Ashaway home to tour his maple syrup production operation, known locally as “Uncle Buck’s Sugar House.” The tour was one of the activities organized for the joint annual meetings of the North American Maple Syrup Council and the International Maple Syrup Institute. Ninety percent of the world’s maple syrup is produced by members...

Mystic River Press, Groton, CT Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:00 am By Ian Holliday, Press Writer  GROTON – For the last four days, the maple syrup capital of the world has not been Vermont or Quebec, but rather the Mystic Marriott. More than 300 maple syrup producers from all over North America descended on Southeastern Connecticut this week for the annual meetings of the North American Maple Syrup Council and the International Maple Syrup Institute, which began Monday at the hotel. The two organizations always hold their meetings jointly, said J. Mark Harran, president of the Maple Syrup Producers...

Article from Manchester Journal Posted:   10/18/2012 11:37:50 AM EDT Dylan J. Baker Staff Writer MANCHESTER- A change to Vermont's maple grading system is coming. The change is not related to how the maple syrup is made, but how it will be marketed and what it will be called. The changes have been proposed to align the Vermont grading system with the standard recommended by the International Maple Syrup Institute. The final version of the proposed changes were approved by the board of directors of the International Maple Syrup Institute (IMSI), an organization which has represented from 12 United State...

 By Joe Anuta   Student farmers at John Bowne High School in Flushing were visited last week by a mobile truck dispensing maple syrup cotton candy along with doses of education about a burgeoning Empire State commodity. On Oct. 3, members of the Future Farmers of America, from Verona, N.Y. paid a visit to the Main Street school’s farm to showcase what some syrup-slingers call “liquid gold.” “I want to expose my kids to as many aspects of the agricultural field as possible,” said Steve Perry, assistant principal and head of the agriculture program at the school. John Bowne boasts...