Maple Links

March is Maple Month Website!

Maple Farms of Special Significance to me…

• Spring Harvest Maple Farm
• Thurston and Peters Sugarhouse
• Meadow View Sugar House

Organizations

• New Hampshire Maple Producers Association
• Southern Maine Maple Sugarmakers Association
• Maine Maple Producers Association
• Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association
• Massachusetts Maple Producers Association
• North American Maple Syrup Council
• International Maple Syrup Institute

Information

Educational Resources:

• Shelburne Farms Free Education Resources
• Tapping into Maple Tradition, Lessons and Activities from New Hampshire Agriculture in the Classroom
• Tap My Trees – good basic info, also a supplier
• Maple Sugaring Classroom Guide and Curriculum from the Massachusetts Maple Producers Association
• See also Maple Sugaring and Technology, an older lesson also by MMPA
• Maple Syrup Lessons & Resources from The Canadian Homeschooler
• Maple Flavors from the Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre
• “The Map of Maple“, tasting maple flavors, from the University of Vermont

(Always remember if you have a taste test of real maple vs. fake – some kids will prefer the fake that they are used to 😉 )

Broader Information:

• New Maple Syrup Grading System
• Video “Saving Sap”, Real Food Films, Corporate Accountability International
• Cornell Sugar Maple Research & Extension Program
• ForestWorks: Maple Syrup Producers, York County Maine
• Proctor Maple Research Center
• Video “Wide, Wide World” featuring Robert Frost, March 31, 1957 about syrup production. Shrewsbury Historical Society, Cuttingsville, VT
• History Space: The Maple Pioneers of Underhill Center, Burlington Free Press, May 6, 2016. University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center.
• University of Vermont Maple Research Collection

Suppliers

• Bascom Maple Farm
• Mason Custom Welding
• Maple Trader – Maple Community Boards

Maple Places

• American Maple Museum, Croghan, NY
• New Hampshire Maple Museum, Bethlehem, NH
• Vermont Maple Museum, Brattleboro, VT

Kate’s Stuff

• HodgePodge NE Photography FaceBook Page
• Fine Art America – Photo prints for sale
• Kate Wilcox’s FaceBook Page including “Maple Adventures” Albums including tours of Sugar Shacks

Other Maple Blogs

• Sweet Brook Farm, Williamstown, MA
• Bissell Maple Farm, Jefferson, OH
• Cedarvale Maple Syrup Co., Syracuse, NY
• Ohio Maple Blog – Ohio State University Extension
• ONmalplesyrup – maple syrup production and sugar bush management in Ontario
• Green Mountain Maple Sugar Refining Co, Waterville, VT
• Tonewood Maple Blog, Waitsfield, VT