Download or read book Maple Syrup Production for the Small Producer written by Eldon R. Campen and published by . This book was released on 1981* with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sugarmaker s Companion written by Michael Farrell and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sugarmaker's Companion is the first guide of its kind addressing the small- and large-scale syrup producer seeking to make a profitable business from maple, birch, and walnut sap. This comprehensive work incorporates valuable information on ecological forest management, value-added products, and the most up-to-date techniques on sap collection and processing. It is, most importantly, a guide to an integrated sugaring operation, interconnected to the whole-farm system, woodland, and community. Farrell documents the untapped potential of American forests and shows how sugaring can turn a substantial profit for farmers while providing tremendous enjoyment and satisfaction. Michael Farrell, sugarmaker and director of the Uihlein Forest at Cornell University, offers information on setting up and maintaining a viable sugaring business by incorporating the wisdom of traditional sugarmaking with the value of modern technology (such as reverse-osmosis machines and vacuum tubing). He gives a balanced view of the industry while offering a realistic picture of how modern technology can be beneficial, from both an economic and an environmental perspective. Within these pages, readers will find if syrup production is right for them (and on what scale), determine how to find trees for tapping, learn the essentials of sap collection, the art and science of sugarmaking, and how to build community through syrup production. There are many more unique aspects to this book that set it apart from anything else on the market, including: - A focus on maple as a local, sustainably produced and healthy alternative to corn syrup and other highly processed and artificial sweeteners; - The health benefits of sap and syrup in North America and throughout the world; - Attention to the questions of organic certification, sugarhouse registration, and the new international grading system; - Enhancing diversity in the sugarbush and interplanting understory crops for value-added products (ginseng, goldenseal, and mushrooms, specifically); - An economic analysis of utilizing maple trees for syrup or sawtimber production and the market opportunities for taphole maple lumber; - The value of sap as a healthful and profitable energy drink; - Detailed analyses on the economics of buying and selling sap; - Lots of great information on marketing to create a profitable business model (based on scale, interest, and access), and more. . . . Applicable for a wide range of climates and regions, this book is sure to change the conversation around syrup production and prove invaluable for both home-scale and commercial sugarmakers alike.
Download or read book Maple Sirup Producers Manual written by C O 1901- Willits and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Maple Sirup Producers Manual written by Charles Oliver Willits and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of Production Practices and Demographic Characteristics of the Ohio Maple Syrup Industry written by Gary William Graham and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ohio ranks as the fifth highest volume producer of maple syrup in the United States, contributing on average $2.5 million to Ohio's economy. Despite over 90 years of service by Ohio State University (OSU) Extension, little information is available concerning the Ohio maple syrup industry. Initial surveys conducted at OSU Extension maple syrup education programs revealed that 82% of attendees relied on OSU Extension programs to stay current with maple production practices, further justifying the need for information on production practices and producer demographics. In 2004, a detailed survey was sent to all known Ohio maple syrup producers with the goal of elucidating relationships among production factors and demographic characteristics. Eighty-seven percent (n = 909) of the surveys were returned, with 68% (n = 620) of the returns indicating they were active maple syrup operations. Based on these surveys, the maple syrup industry in Ohio is best characterized as a very traditional enterprise of small, second generation, family-owned sugarbushes, that predominately utilize bucket collection systems. However, there are important differences among demographic groups. For example, chi-square analyses suggest that Amish producers in the state have significantly larger sugaring operations (>250 taps), utilize bucket collection systems rather than more advanced tubing systems, and are younger than non-Amish producers (P 0.05). Amish producers are also less likely to attend OSU Extension programming than their fellow non-Amish producers, while those older ( 53 years of age) non-Amish producers with large operations utilizing tubing collection systems were more likely to attend (P
Download or read book Costs and Returns for Selected Wisconsin Maple Syrup Operations 1969 written by Darrel L. Acker and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Characteristics and Attitudes of Michigan s Maple Syrup Producers written by John E. Gunter and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book North American Maple Syrup Producers Manual written by Melvin Ray Koelling and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scale and Scope Decisions of Maine Maple Syrup Producers written by Sara Velardi and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maple syrup production represents a prominent form of ton-timber forest production across the northeastern, U.S. and Canada. Similar to farmers, maple syrup producers face complex scale and scope decisions about the size or product diversification of their operation. Drawing upon 24 semi-structured interviews with small- and medium-sized producers in Maine, we apply the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to identify factors contributing to producers' scale and scope decisions, including common challenges they face in achieving optimal scale and scope. We find that attitude and perceived behavioral control guided by economic, personal, environmental and communal factors, contribute to scale and scope decisions with minimal influence from perceived norms. Major challenges for maple syrup producers in achieving optimal scale and scope include lack of capital to invest in technology upgrades and equipment, difficulty in finding additional accessible sugar and red maple stands, and lack of access to commercial kitchen facilities. We suggest future research, policy and management recommendations in addressing these challenges. These findings can help inform outreach and policy strategies to support the viability and sustainability of the maple syrup industry as well as be extended to other non-timber forest production practices.
Download or read book How to Make Maple Syrup written by Steve Anderson and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a beginner's guide to the process of making maple syrup, from tapping the trees to cooking and bottling the syrup, including cooking with evaporators, grading the syrup, building a sugarhouse, pricing, and marketing.
Download or read book The Maple Syrup Book written by Janet Eagleson and published by . This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-illustrated tribute to maple syrup, including Native legends of its discovery, its long history, how it's made, types of syrup and its grading, stories from people who make it, recipes and notes on using it in cooking.
Download or read book Sugar Bush Management for Maple Syrup Producers written by C. F. Coons and published by Ministry of Natural Resources, Division of Forests, Forest Management Branch. This book was released on 1975 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bad Beekeeping written by Ron Miksha and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A million pounds of honey. Produced by a billion bees! This memoir reconstructs the life of a young man from Pennsylvania as he drops into the bald prairie badlands of southern Saskatchewan. He buys a honey ranch and keeps the bees that make the honey. But he also spends winters in Florida swamps, nurse-maid to ten thousand dainty queen bees. From the dusty Canadian prairie to the thick palmetto swamps of the American south, the reader meets with simple folks who shape the protagonist's character - including a Cree rancher with three sons playing NHL hockey, a Hutterite preacher who yearns to roam the globe, a reclusive bee-eating homesteader, and a grey-headed widow who grows grapefruit, plays a nasty game of scrabble, and lives with four vicious dogs. Encompassing a ten-year period, this true story evolves from the earnest inexperience of the young man as he learns an art and builds a business. Carefully researched natural biology runs counterpoint to human social activities. Bee craft serves as the setting for expositions that contrast American and Canadian lifestyles, while exemplifying the harsh reality of a man working with and against the physical environment.
Download or read book Economics of the Farm Manufacture of Maple Syrup and Sugar written by John Allen Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technology and the Modernization of the Maple Syrup Industry written by Francis H. Whitcomb and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indiana s Guide to Maple Syrup Producers written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chickens in the Road written by Suzanne McMinn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne McMinn, a former romance writer and founder of the popular blog chickensintheroad.com, shares the story of her search to lead a life of ordinary splendor in Chickens in the Road, her inspiring and funny memoir. Craving a life that would connect her to the earth and her family roots, McMinn packed up her three kids, left her husband and her sterile suburban existence behind, and moved to rural West Virginia. Amid the rough landscape and beauty of this rural mountain country, she pursues a natural lifestyle filled with chickens, goats, sheep—and no pizza delivery. With her new life comes an unexpected new love—"52," a man as beguiling and enigmatic as his nickname—a turbulent romance that reminds her that peace and fulfillment can be found in the wake of heartbreak. Coping with formidable challenges, including raising a trio of teenagers, milking stubborn cows, being snowed in with no heat, and making her own butter, McMinn realizes that she’s living a forty-something’s coming-of-age story. As she dares to become self-reliant and embrace her independence, she reminds us that life is a bold adventure—if we’re willing to live it. Chickens in the Road includes more than 20 recipes, craft projects, and McMinn’s photography, and features a special two-color design.
