OneTree Alaska wins first place in birch syrup competition

May 24, 2019

Jan Dawe (center) talks to Jonathan (left) and Aaron (right) Swank about birch sap outside the OneTree facility in the Lola Tilly Commons. Photo by Amanda Byrd.

OneTree Alaska, led by Janice Dawe, received first place at the 2019 Birch Syrups World Challenge in Russia April 27-28. This is the organization's second victory; it also won in 2017.

The birch syrup is created through an annual cooperative. This year, 57 participants — including households, K-12 classrooms and homeschool families — delivered 3,750 gallons of birch tree sap to OneTree's sap-to-syrup production facility in Lola Tilly Commons. The sap produced more than 20 gallons of syrup.

OneTree Alaska, part of the School of Natural Resources and Extension, is an ACEP partner for science, technology, engineering, art and math programs sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.

For more information on OneTree products and events, please contact Jan Dawe at 474-5517 or jcdawe@alaska.edu.