At Steyer Brother’s Maple – A family-owned farm that has been in the maple syrup business for over 100 years. Located at: 2727 Gorman Road Oakland, MD. 21550 301-334-2900 Please see this post for more details: https://wvmspa.org/2021/11/11/quality-tapping-workshop-maple-days/
At Bower’s Maple/Randy Kimble sap producer – A “Sweet Opportunities” success story where Randy Kimble taps and collects sap that is then sold to Mark Bowers for processing. Meet at Bower’s Maple Farm Located at: 9362 Franklin Pike Road Petersburg WV 26847 540-383-8605 See this post for details https://wvmspa.org/2021/11/11/quality-tapping-workshop-maple-days/
At Ronk Family Farm – Hosted by West Virginia Maple Syrup Producer’s Association President Paul Ronk. In addition to the day in the woods you’ll be treated to one of the most interesting hunting trophies you’ll ever see. Located at: 725 Whispering Pines Road Alum Creek, WV. 25003 304-545-7066 ...
At Tom’s Creek Family Farm – Entrepreneur, inventor, engineer and sugar maker Greg Christianson will update us on a Future Generations/Robert C. Byrd Institute project to clarify syrup and depectinate (if that’s a word?) walnut sap. Located at: 1340 Tom’s Creek Road Wayne, WV. 25570 304-840-8817 Please see this...
Maple History Webinar: From Pails to Pipelines: The Origins of Plastic Tubing in the Maple Syrup Industry NAMSC will host this maple history webinar on Tuesday, January 11 at 7 p.m. Eastern time. This presentation traces the origins and early experiments with of the use of plastic tubing in the...
From increasing winter and spring temperatures to extreme weather events, climate change poses a risk to the maple syrup production community. These changes alter short-term conditions like quality and quantity of sap, while long term changes in climate are having impacts on the health of trees, roots, and shifting areas...
On Thursday, January 20, 2022 Future Generations University will be hosting their Out of the Woods webinar which will be hosting the Southern Syrup Research Symposium talks. Join Dr. Jamie Schuler of West Virginia University's Davis School of Forestry as he discusses the 'Timing of Tapping'. To Register Visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5xtGD08FR8m20AQn65Iw3Q
On January 28th at 1:00pm there will be a roundtable discussion on Acer Access grants awarded to research institutions in the southern tier of maple producing states. This is an afternoon event with short presentations on all the research projects. This is a 1:00 – 4:00 program, but feel free to...