‘It’s the future of sugar’: new technology feeds Vermont maple syrup boom amid climate crisis

Photo caption: Students tap a tree for maple syrup in Randolph, Vermont, on 20 May 2024. Photo credit: Olivia Gieger / The Guardian. Article by Olivia Gieger. The Guardian – July 2, 2024.

On a warm May Monday, more than three dozen high school students took to the forest behind a former dairy barn at Vermont State University in Randolph. In teams of four, they ran blue plastic tubing from tree to tree, racing to connect the tubes across three trees in 30 minutes. […]

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