Posted on 03/21/2015 8:07:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Already, Vermont is maple syrup capital of the U.S., with production traditionally being a side business for farmers. Could a large-scale operation, tapping into thousands of acres of maple trees in a remote northeastern part of the state, be as sweet?
This isn’t the old galvanized-sap bucket-nailed-to-a-tree type of operation. This is industrial-sized maple. And companies know there’s rising demand for natural sweeteners as consumers turn away from products made with high fructose corn syrup.
Sweetree LLC plans to become the biggest producer of the sticky-sweet stuff in North America. Though the operation has created full-time jobs in a poor region and says it will boost local producers by also buying certified organic syrup, the move has also generated some curiosity and concern from those in the maple business in a state that yielded $49 million worth of syrup in 2013.
The operation, backed by Wood Creek Capital Management of New Haven, Connecticut, chose northeastern Vermont because of the state’s brand and large tracts of high-elevation land, which isn’t as affected by climate change, Sweetree CEO Bob Saul said. …
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“large tracts of high-elevation land, which isn’t as affected by climate change, Sweetree CEO Bob Saul said.”
The bullsh** never ends....
Isnt the only high elevations in NE associated with Mt. WASHINGTON.
“Isnt the only high elevations in NE associated with Mt. WASHINGTON.”
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No.
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Who else is above 6000 ft?
Sea level is what the maple syrup guy was talking
about,not mountains.
Denver is pretty flat but has a high altitude.
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But isn’t this terrible mistreatment of the trees, draining their blood like vampires :)
Do you mean microclimate of maples growing on a vertical gradiant?
““Isnt the only high elevations in NE associated with Mt. WASHINGTON.”
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No.”
There are several 4,000 plus mountains in Vermont, NH and Maine. But I suspect their reference to high elevation was not to suggest those ultra-high mountains. Trees won’t grow above a certain elevation so they would be useless. They are also all federally protected.
The reference is more to the fact that most of Vermont is above 500 feet above sea level thus would never be under sea level.
Elevation
- Highest point Mount Mansfield 4,393 ft (1339 m)
- Mean 1,000 ft (300 m)
- Lowest point Lake Champlain 95 to 100 ft (29 to 30 m)
Their analysis fails to understand that Vermont is susceptible to water damage of water coming off the mountains.
Even Wiki has been infected by the climate change crap: Climate change appears to be affecting the maple sugar industry. Sugar maples have been subject to stress by acid rain, asian longhorn beetles, pear thrips, and, in 2011, an excessive deer herd that is forced to eat bark in the winter. These maples need a certain amount of cold to produce sap for maple syrup. The time to tap these trees has shrunk to one week in some years. The tree may be replaced by the more aggressive Norway maples, in effect forcing the sugar maples to “migrate” north to Canada.
BTW, trees cannot migrate, the implication of the last statement is that the industry will migrate to Canada which actually has a larger volume of production mainly because there is far more land to tap in Canada.
Industrial level production has been going on for years. It is a side business, because it is a business that operates for about 6 weeks a year. Farmers work on their other crops and livestock the rest of the year.
Further info about the industry: There were about 2,000 maple products producers in 2010. In 2001, Vermont produced 275,000 US gallons (1,040,000 L) of maple syrup, about one-quarter of U.S. production. For 2005 that number was 410,000 US gallons (1,600,000 l; 340,000 imp gal) accounting for 37 percent of national production. This rose to 920,000 US gallons (3,500,000 l; 770,000 imp gal) in 2009. The state’s share of the nation’s production rose to 42% in 2013. It had the second lowest price at $33.40/gallon.
“Do you mean microclimate of maples growing on a vertical gradiant?
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Absolutely.
I thought I had made it quite clear.
Any ninny could have figured that out.
Whew !!!!!
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Are you Howie Dean; YEAH! ?
I meant to add that this is Maine Maple Sunday
Maine Maple Sunday is here! You are invited. Celebrate the first weekend of spring at a sugarhouse near you. Sure the weather is cold but there will be plenty of warm Maine Maple Syrup being served at over 90 sugarhouses this weekend. Visit our map above to find one near you. Have fun!
http://www.mainemapleproducers.com/
galvanized-sap bucket-nailed-to-a-tree hasn’t been around for a long time
And those numbers are low, since they’re only including what’s reported to the state. We make 70 gallons each year for family & neighbors, and am aware of many others doing the same. With the advance of check-valve spouts, most larger operations are finished tapping by the end of January, and I’ve never seen a season last only a week.
I’d bet his climate change BS was a reference to the desert-like heat Vermont is about to endure.
They’ll have to take pictures of snow so that Vermont children will know what it looks like.
The NEK is about 1,200 to 1,800 ft. That’s high for New England.
The big maple producers haven’t hung a bucket in a long, long time.
That’s Robert Frost BS.
Vermont was basically good for gassing up, buying ice cream cones and sight seeing, especially the Calvin Coolidge home.
“companies know there’s rising demand for natural sweeteners as consumers turn away from products made with high fructose corn syrup”
Yeah, right.
“HFCS 55 (mostly used in soft drinks), approximately 55% fructose and 42% glucose; and HFCS 42 (used in beverages, processed foods, cereals, and baked goods), approximately 42% fructose and 53% glucose”
Sucrose (table sugar) is 50% fructose and 50% glucose, so some HFCS is actually more healthy than table sugar, at least in terms of fructose content.
Maple syrup is basically just a glucose solution, so again, it’s 50% fructose and 50% glucose.
Honey is mainly fructose (about 38.5%) and glucose (about 31.0%), so it’s worst of all in terms of fructose content.
Basically, they’re pretty much ALL bad for you because most contain at least 50% fructose.
So John the Baptist was in ill health thanks to his diet of locusts and wild honey?
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