On a hillside in Chittenden, Vermont, a 104 year-old family farm surrounded by a forest of maples has earned the second annual ‘Fantastic Farmer’ title and a significant award of $5000 from the A.Pizzagalli Family Farm Fund. Jenna Baird of Baird Farm...
USDA To Offer Potential Recovery Assistance from Winter Storm Elliott In the days leading up to Christmas, Winter Storm Elliott brought extreme winds and weather to much of Vermont. For many of you, this probably meant downed trees and infrastructure...
We LOVE to see Members in the News! Did you see VMSMA member Meg Emmons from Bourdon Maple Farm in a recent Outside Magazine article? We're grateful that she shared the story of Maple and the sticky day in the life of a Sugar Maker. Visit...
In January 2025, the USDA proposed new regulations for Front of Package (FOP) labeling for a variety of packaged food. VMSMA and the IMSI, along with many of our industry members, submitted comments asking pure maple products to be exempted from this...
Maple syrup contests are as much a part of the tradition of sugaring in Vermont as setting taps and boiling sap in the spring. Whether it is at the Vermont Farm Show or the many county fairs and field days, Vermont sugar makers are proud to enter...
According to the USDA, once again, Vermont is the #1 producing state in the nation. And despite COVID-19, this was a record setting year with 2.22 million gallons of maple syrup made. More than half of the United States crop. Vermonters and Vermont...
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