Sweet Birch Herbals is an herb farm, herbal education center, and the working home of clinical herbalist Hannah Morano, formerly Jacobson-Hardy, all packed on three tidy acres in Ashfield. “Herbal ...

FOUND IN THE MOUNTAINOUS regions of the Mid-Atlantic states and broadly across the Northeast and New England, sweet birch (Betula lenta) grows to about 60 feet in height, with a single straight trunk ...

As a historian I was eager when I came across early local Pennsylvania maps which gave the locations of Birch oil distilleries, a pioneer occupation among PA Dutch farmers. But growing up on wooded ...

TALKEETNA -- At first glance, the setup at Kahiltna Birchworks seems like something out of a sci-fi movie. There are thousands of white 5-gallon buckets hanging off of trees, all filled with a clear, ...

The calendar indicates that it’s spring, and despite occasional freezing temperatures and lingering patches of snow, the return of extended daylight confirms this change of season. Last year, a chance ...

TORONTO – Birch syrup is being touted by foodies as the latest unique flavouring to enhance savoury dishes as well as desserts. The rich, semi-sweet, dark syrup also lends an unexpected flavour to ...