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Plastic, Glass, or Tin: Which is Best? Maple syrup is packed in a variety of retail containers. Glass allows the color and clarity of maple syrup to clearly show. A wide range of designs available. Best for maintaining flavor of syrup. Plastic bes...
The Vermont maple law requires packaged maple syrup have a density of between 66.9 and 68.9 degrees Brix. Brix is a measure of sugar concentration in a pure sugar solution. Although we know there are other many dissolved minerals in maple syrup th...
There are four grades of pure maple syrup; Golden Color/Delicate Taste, Amber Color/Rich Taste, Dark Color/Robust Taste and Very Dark Color/Strong Taste. Each grade has a range in color as defined by its light transmittance. Knowing the color of p...
In Vermont, Grade A maple syrup is divided into four distinct color classes. Those classes are Golden, Amber, Dark and Very Dark. The lightest grade of syrup, Golden, has the most delicate flavor. A lot of the time it will be made at the beginning...
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service or NASS has released the crop totals for the 2020 maple season. Vermont let the US again in total production with 2.2 million gallons. That is 50% of all the syrup made in the country. Vermont suga...
UVM Faculty Panel: Teaching in Tumultuous Times (Oct 28,2020)
This year, we've faced—and continue to face—events that have a great effect on all of us: the upcoming election, the pandemic, racialized police violence, social justice protests, and the Supreme Court transition, to name just a few. For facul...
Reporting an Illness, When to Restrict or Exclude Workers
This video indicates how to make sure employees report their illnesses if appropriate as well as what to do if an employee has certain illnesses. This can range from excluding them from your facility completely to restricting them from working in ...
A Map-based Stock Change Approach for Fine-scale Biomass and Carbon Accounting in New York State
This was presented by Lucas Johnson as a part of a series of contributed talks from the 2022 FEMC Annual Conference. To learn more about the conference, visit: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/cooperative/conference/2022. Field-based forest inventories, l...