WAKEMAN, Ohio — On chilly late winter mornings, when thick clouds of fragrant steam and smoke come billowing out from the top of the Wakeman Maple Farms sugar shack, friends and neighbors know it’s ...

Parts of the Great Lakes region have seen their coldest winter in more than a decade, and maple syrup farmers are rejoicing.

Maple syrup season is underway at River’s Edge Sugar House in Ashford, but the operation’s owner said warming temperatures in the coming days could pose a problem.

The sap is up and running. As in years past, school groups and the public gathered at Montour Preserve’s “sugar bush” last ...

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s Gitigaan Program’s Spring Series will continue through the end of May and explore various means of practicing food sovereignty.