Maple syrup: a sweet solution for farmers?
(World News Science)

Managing a sugar bush is a win-win situation for all involved. An unexpected crop could become the future of farming in the northeastern United States. Maple syrup, that sweet favorite of lazy weekend breakfasts, is now seen as a potential agricultural savior for a number of reasons. Lela Nargi writes for Civil Eats, `The burgeoning maple industry - valued at $140 million in 2017 - can also support the protection of intact, healthy forests, and a forest that lives to grow another day can provide increasingly critical carbon and other ecological benefits to our warming and de-diversifying earth.` When a forest can be turned into a productive...