Maple Syrup Plantation? New Insights Into Tree Biology Could Radically Change The Industry

New insights into tree biology may be the start of a revolution in the maple syrup industry. At first, University of Vermont researchers Tim Perkins and Abby van den Berg were just trying to learn more about how sap flows through a maple tree. But what they found eventually blossomed into a new model for syrup production - one where sugarers draw their sap from young trees planted in dense plantations, rather than mature forests.