CRAFT-ers explore Maple Sugaring
CRAFT students have learned a lot about enduring unpredictability this maple sugaring season. Food and Forest Systems and Stewardship Action Project students installed 32 taps and collected over 230 gallons of sap, but only produced 4.5 gallons of Amber Rich syrup, as the sugar content was super low this year, hovering between 1-1.5%. Our season ended two weeks earlier than usual. However, students still had a great time learning about density, grading, filtering, wood splitting, sugar content and weather. Our school was one of 13 participating in a state-wide pilot project around data collection during the sugaring season.