Because of global warming, maple syrup season seems to come earlier each year. Jarren Vink of Vink Farm in Philipstown, shown below with his daughters, Willa and Birdie, started tapping trees to make syrup on Jan. 10, the earliest harvest since his first in 2017. (Typically, maples are tapped in February.) Forty gallons of sap produces a gallon of syrup.

Joey Asher is a freelance reporter who formerly worked at The Gainesville Times in Georgia and The Journal News in White Plains. The Philipstown resident covers education and other topics.
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