Two years ago a sugarmaker in Vermont might sell his syrup wholesale for about two dollars
a pound. But demand for syrup has skyrocketed because it’s
being used in so many more products, including breakfast cereal. As the popularity of maple rises … there is a
shortage.
Biologists at the University of Vermont’s Proctor Maple Research Center are trying to determine if a warming climate could be
dulling New England’s fall foliage.