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Thousands of people flocked to Shepherd for the 67th annual Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival on April 24-27, 2025. The festival featured all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage meals, a carnival, pancake ...
Maple syrup producers Jennifer and Troy Richard own Hidden Acres Sugar Bush. They have 170 acres of Maple Trees and more than ...
Jackie Gage managed to pull off the best surprise for her husband’s birthday. When Tyler Gage’s 30th birthday was approaching, Jackie was about to give birth to their daughter, Eleanor, which kept his ...
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Even after nearly a century, Route 66 still turns a cross-country drive into something unforgettable. America’s most famous ...
One industry that may be affected for years to come is the maple syrup industry in northern Michigan. However, despite the challenges, one maple syrup farm has bounced back before the season ends.
Dale Forrester has made maple syrup all his life. Over three days, two weeks ago, Mother Nature tried to take that all away. The historic ice storm that clobbered northern Michigan from March 28 to 30 ...
Students in Michigan Tech's College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science are tapping into seasonal experiences found in thousands of acres of University-owned forests and coming out with ...
More than 100,000 sap-producing sugar maples snapped under the weight of ice, according to the Michigan Maple Syrup Association. The storm hit right in the middle of sap harvesting season and left ...
That’s how it’s described by David Noonan, president of the Michigan Maple Syrup Association. More than 100,000 sap-producing sugar maples snapped under the weight of ice, he said. The state ...
Maple Moon Sugarbush and Winery is among many maple syrup producers working to recover from the ice storm that hit northern Michigan in late March. It left a glittering trail of destruction ...