For full details, see our press release page to read the official press release from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Looking for more Maple Recipes to add to your cookbook? Click here to visit our Cooking with Maple pages for recipes which use maple syrup.

Maple syrup is 100% natural and contains calcium, zinc, antioxidants, riboflavin and niacin. It can be used in a variety of desserts and baked goods as well as complimenting sour or salty ingredients in salad dressings, glazes for meat, poultry and fish, and sauces.

"It all started with my first trip to Vermont last October. As expected, the foliage was gorgeous, the people friendly and the covered bridges fascinating. But it was the maple syrup that really caught my attention. After surveying the local syrups and taking a trip through the old-timey New England Maple Museum, I came back armed and appreciative, at peace with the $45 per gallon price tag.

Sugaring, as maple syrup harvesting is called, only happens for several weeks a year in the Northeast (and Canada, which is the world’s largest producer; Vermont is the largest in the U.S). It’s a special time of year—from late February to mid-April—when Mother Nature has a foot in each season, routinely freezing and thawing, causing all that delicious sap to start flowing. It takes nearly eight hours to fill one pail with sap, and 50 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of finished maple syrup..."
 

Read the full article.

Attention Sugarmakers and Hospitality Partners - register to be listed on the VermontMaple.org website. Use the links below to register online:

• Sugarmaker Registration for Website listing, including Maple Open House Weekend 2012 options

• Hospitality Registration for Website listing, including Maple Open House Weekend 2012 options

The VT maple website, www.vermontmaple.org, continues to increase in popularity receiving 3,067,063 hits in 2010!

Some of the Benefits:

• The 2011-2012 Vermont maple publicity campaign will highlight the sugarmakers who are on the www.vermontmaple.org website and in the Ski & Maple Guide. Recent publicity included articles in  “The Boston Globe”, “Boston Herald” “WCVB TV” and “WBZ” in Boston,”Yankee Magazine” “New York Times”, Associated Press, to name just a few.

• This year we will produce a 4” x 9” VT Maple and Ski Guide, which will be distributed to consumers by the VT Department of Tourism, at events and out-of-state locations by the Vermont Ski Areas Association and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, and all Vermont Welcome Centers.

• We will have an advertising campaign and public relations campaign to promote Maple Open House Weekend.

This promotional program is a very economical way to promote your maple business worldwide!

 We will e-mail or mail you a proofing copy to make sure your information is accurate. Sugarmakers must be a current member of VMSMA in order to participate.
 

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