Tag: syrup

Here’s why Union City Rotary is selling less maple syrup this year

UNION CITY — If you want Union City Rotary maple syrup this season, plan on getting the sweet, sticky, tasty pancake topping soon. According to Rotary member Jerry Snyder, the warm winter weather cut production this year from over 300 gallons to 146 gallons. Union City Rotarian Jerry Snyder sells Dean Walrack a bottle of […]

Warmer winters threatens maple syrup production in Pennsylvania

This past winter was our warmest in over 90 years. The recent change in our climate affects not just humans, but also the various goods we produce. Maple syrup producers in Pennsylvania had an especially poor season due to the consistent warmth and an earlier start to the growing season. “A lot of Pennsylvania was […]

Sticky, sweet lessons learned from making maple syrup at Marcus Whitman

GORHAM, NY — Those darn squirrels seem to get into everything, even the plastic tubing that leads from a small, wooded area on the Marcus Whitman school campus to a new red-painted sugarhouse. Earlier that morning, environmental science teacher Jon Pragle had to snip out a piece of tubing that a furry, big-tailed culprit gnawed […]