To Market

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 the bugs.

I did however get a chance to go into the post office and I found out exactly how much one liter of maple syrup weighs.

I’ve also been trying to get in contact with all the different farmers markets that are around Toronto. I contacted an Anne Freeman at Dufferin and Grove Park. She was very helpful  even though she  they already had a maple syrup producer that was selling product. She said that she would pass my name along to some of the other Farmers markets.

I found man named Chad at the Trinity Bellwoods open market.  He was an incredible wealth of knowledge explains me about how to get involved in these farmer markets and what it was like selling maple syrup in a downtown area. (insadently he is the one that sells his syrup at Dufferin) It is nice to know is that my prices are pretty much dead on with his.

That’s the nice thing about the maple syrup industry, most producers are happy to help each other out which is fabulous for a newcomer like me, thanks again Chad!

Stay tuned for an update on Mike in the Bush. I had a nice long chat with him today but we won’t get any real news until about Friday a very special visitor is coming to take a look at our operation.

More info on the Famers markets in Toronto.