Vermont Maple Syrup Farmers Sell Collectively

Vermont Maple Syrup Farmers Sell Collectively With 10 000+ taps typical for many Vermont maple syrup producers it’s become difficult for small producers with 1 000 taps or less to compete or to even find a buyer for their syrup That’s where the Maple Farmers collective comes in It markets the syrup made by six families as a sideline business Cory Krieg an electrical engineer who taps about 300 trees manages the website and shipping and says demand is strong for the small producers’ syrup All of them cook the sap down traditionally with wood fires and the syrup is bottled in glass bottles Large commercial operations use a reverse osmosis process to speed up the cooking process “I set it up so small maple syrup producers can get double the price of selling it in bulk ” Krieg says Krieg provides the glass bottles and labels for each farm so customers know exactly where the syrup comes from After starting the business in 2021 Krieg made some changes for 2022 including $10 flat rate shipping $5 shipping for orders of two quarts He also added half-pint bottles “We introduced half-pints before Christmas for gifts ” he says including collections of three and four half-pints of golden to very dark syrups “Everyone sold as much as they wanted in 2021 ” Krieg says and customers throughout the country have shown interest in buying syrup from small family operations paying $10 95/half-pint and $25 95/quart Everything is U S -made including the glass bottles and metal lids and labels that Krieg purchased Krieg welcomes other small maple syrup producers in Vermont to contact him about joining Maple Farmers Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Maple Farmers 3340 Christian Hill Rd Bethel Vt 05032 ph 802-280-5056; cory@maplefarmers com; www maplefarmers com

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