I added a link to a Training opportunity for the “Food Recall Course” that is happening soon (July 8-9). I also got the September 2016 newsletter from Mike Rechlin and put that on our Newsletters page. I also wrote a new blog post about potato salad that has WV Maple…
Or “What Happens When Your Webmaster Has a Migraine and Has to Make Do With What’s In The House” [This does have a WV Maple Syrup reference] It seemed I had lost my magic touch with home-made potato salad. My husband didn’t like the last few batches, and I lost…
Greetings from your friendly webmaster! I added the “Cornell Maple Camp” information to the Resources->Training Opportunities page. As Rachel said in her email to us all, it was that invaluable camp that convinced her and Adam to turn maple production into a business! And what an amazing job they are…
Please visit the “Resources->Training Opportunities” Page to see the offerings in Virginia, including the Southwest Virginia Tree Syrup School, and the latest Future Generations University offering of a Certificate in Maple Sap and Syrup Processing. Also, now introducing our new “Resources->West Virginia Sugaring In The News” Page! There is an…
Hope to see you tomorrow at the 2019 meeting. Refresh your memory with last year’s minutes: West Virginia Maple Syrup Producers Association Annual Minutes May 19, 2018 Meeting called to order at 2pm by President Rich Flanigan. Tom Salvetti made a motion to change they By-Laws to elect officers prior…
West Virginia Maple Syrup Producers Association Agenda May 4, 2019 9:00- 9:30 Registration 9:30-9:40 Welcome 9:40-10:40 Panel Lead Discussion (Executives/Board Members will lead discussion) 2019 Season Production 2019 Maple Days Plans for 2020 Efficient ways of to move sap What worked and what didn’t to…
This is from Cathy Hervey, the WVMSPA Secretary: Hello Members, It is that time of year! We are preparing for our upcoming meeting. First, I would like to send a shout out and thank you to Tom Salvetti for making all the room and meal arrangements for the Jackson’s…
The following appeared in Maple News. Thank you, Cindy, for all your great work! Cindy Martel is a 24-year veteran with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA). Although as “Wild and Wonderful” (a well-known WV tag line) as they come, Cindy grew up in Concord New Hampshire, where she…
By Tina Barton I became a reading machine. Something led me to an article reviewing Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy (edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll) which is a multi-author retort to Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by JD Vance….
I can’t say I had a bad maple season, but the end was an anticlimax if there ever was one. I planned to pull my taps on Tuesday, February 24th. In some of my earlier blog posts, I have explained about how I have my sugar bush on my West…