The ownership, economics, and composition of Vermont’s forestlands have changed over the past fifty years. Through these changes, the Vermont Land Trust has partnered with landowners. One method of partnership has been land acquisition: in 1997, The Vermont Land Trust…
After exiting dairy, the Branon family built one of Vermont’s largest maple sugar production and retailing operations. Vermont’s maple industry has been booming and rapidly changing over the past few years. But few sugar-making operations have changed like the Branon…
Vermont Maple Festival co-chairs Stephen Tetreault and Cecile Branon visit Local 22 & Local 44 News This Morning to tell us what’s happening at the 50th Vermont Maple Festival this weekend in St. Albans. Originally published on My Champlain Valley.
The Grossman School of Business honored four family businesses for excellence in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability at the UVM Family Business Awards on Oct. 30 in Waterman’s Memorial Lounge. This year’s honorees, recognized for their ability to…
On a thousand acres in Fairfield stand more than 68,000 maple trees tapped for sugaring season. FAIRFIELD – Cecile Branon took her first tour of Maple Open House Weekend — the White family of Georgia, Vermont — into the crisp,…
On a thousand acres in Fairfield stand more than 68,000 maple trees tapped for sugaring season. The trees are part of Branon Family Maple Orchards, located in the heart of sugaring country in Franklin County, not far from the Canadian border…
Maple sugaring – turning sugar-maple sap into world-class syrup – has been part of the New England farming landscape for generations. Today, however, technology and big money may alter that forever. Tommy Branon and I rode out of Cold Hollow in the…
Sap is flowing, the buckets are hanging from trees and the steam is billowing from country sugarhouses all over the state. It's an image that helps sugarmakers market their syrup. But it's no longer a very accurate picture. Maple has…
Maybe it came from the cows. Thomas Branon, patriarch of one of Vermont’s best known sugaring families, grew up on the family farm milking cows and tapping trees. As a sixth generation member of the farm in maple-rich Franklin County,…
A visitor to the Branon Family’s sugarhouse in Fairfield in Franklin County is offered a seat in a handcrafted pine chair at a butternut table, and is handed a mug of coffee flavored with two popular Vermont products: milk and…
In general, making maple syrup is an all-natural process. But at Branon Family Maple Orchards we go above and beyond to ensure every ounce of our syrup is pure Vermont organic.
Certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Northeast Organic Farming Association, we adhere to a stringent forest management plan that ensures the health of our trees and creates a forest that's ecologically biodiverse.
As a single-sourced maple production facility we've made it a top priority to know precisely where our sap comes from. That allows us to assure our customer we're providing them with the highest-quality, natural food product.
Branon Family Maple Orchards has received recognition for operating a bird-friendly sugarbush! This has been achieved as part of the Bird-Friendly Maple Project, a partnership between Audubon Vermont, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers's Association.
