Resources
We’ve offered a few options for collecting and cooking sap. Here are some additional resources. With practice and perseverance you can build a successful maple syrup business. Good luck!
Where to Buy Supplies
Anderson’s Maple Syrup, Inc.
Bascom Maple Farms
Ben Meadows Company
- GHC Specialty Brands, LLC
- 800-241-6401
- www.benmeadows.com
- Tree-marking paint
Leader Evaporator Co., Inc.
The Nelson Paint Company
- 800-236-9278
- www.nelsonpaint.com
- Tree-marking paint
Sugar Bush Supply Co.
Informational Websites
Anderson’s Maple Syrup, Inc.
Cornell Sugar Maple Research & Extension Program
International Maple Syrup Institute
Leader Evaporator Co., Inc.
National Organic Program
- Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
- www.ams.usda.gov/nop
North American Maple Syrup Council
- www.northamericanmaple.org
- Lists state and provincial associations
Ohio State University Extension Maple Syrup Information
Proctor Maple Research Center
- University of Vermont
- www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
Bibliography
Chapeskie, David John, and Lew J. Staats. Design, Installation and Maintenance of Plastic Tubing Systems for Sap Collection in Sugar Bushes: An Instruction Manual. Eastern Ontario Model Forest, 2006.
Heiligmann, Randall Bruce, Melvin R. Koelling, and Timothy D. Perkins, eds. North American Maple Syrup Producers Manual, 2nd ed. Ohio State University Extension, 2006.
Perrin, Noel. Making Maple Syrup: The Old-Fashioned Way. A Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, A-51. Storey Publishing, 1980.
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