This was the first year that I decided to check out the Royal winter fair held in Toronto. I would have never gone if it was not for my sister who was taking care of the Guelph booth at the show, thanks Sis. It gave me a chance to see some of the different farmers [...]
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Well tomorrow is a very exiting day for sap to syrup. It is the first Christmas show that I have taken part in. I am really looking forward to showcasing all our products. The Toronto Business Development Center was part of a program I was involved in. They help entrepreneurs get businesses started and [...]
I wanted to take this time to congragulate the new maple syurp website of Tig Tillinghast for his new web design.
The site looks amazing and is much easier to navigate, really an amazing job.
Tig has some really great stories and ideas on his website which is why he is number one on my blog roll. [...]
Do you wonder why maple syrup is so expensive? Well the reason that it’s so expensive is because a great deal of energy goes into making it. Below is a video that shows exactly how much wood it takes when you fire boiler. We fire one side of the boiler at the time this way [...]
There always seems to be new innovations out that say they are going to increase production and save the industry thousands of dollars. This blog post is dedicated to Alan at globurban.com. He sent an amazing list of all the different maple syrup festivals that are going to be happening around Ontario, thanks Alan.
Alan had [...]
Well today was a pretty full day of trying to get maple syrup sales going. I have been working on creating online shopping cart in order to sell my syrup off the website. I’ve got something together the only problem is shipping, I don’t really know exactly how to charge for shipping, still working out [...]
So I’m all ready to start selling my maple syrup through Craig’s list. I must say that I am pretty happy about how it’s going so far. I can’t decide whether I should sell it all directly myself or whether I should find a health food store or grocery store in the area that would [...]
Well there are so many questions to be asking when putting together a new Sugarbush. Right now I’m having a bit of trouble trying to find the right size bottles to sell Maple syrup in.
The 250 mL bottle seemed to be the most popular but as it turns out I only have one left. This [...]
I was listening to the point today on CBC and heard these crazy guys talking about affordable maple syrup for all Canadians. It was pretty good, some of the suggestions was to have a tax credit for maple syrup.
You can listen to the full audio of the show, part II.
There is a serious reason that [...]
The province of Quebec today is going to help out with some insurance for maple producers. Today Country Guide reported that the “personalized insurance program will cover producers up to a certain volume when their yields are affected by poor climate conditions.” read the full story here.
You can download the English content of the [...]