Words from the Forest
There are more than 1,000 members of The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association, and we are certainly proud to be one of them. Of that total, only a handful of Vermont sugar makers produce vinegar from their maple products. And…
We're going out on a limb here, but we probably store more maple syrup than you do. After all, we have a warehouse, a commercial kitchen, and a retail store. There is pure Vermont maple syrup in all of it.…
At Branon Family Maple Orchards, we're not just about syrup — we're about crafting unique experiences that celebrate maple and bring people together. That's why we're thrilled to introduce you to a groundbreaking collaboration that's as unique as it is…
Monday, April 8, 2024, was quite a day in our sugarbushes in northern Vermont. It was quite simply spectacular. And we'd like to share some of that magic with you. See, at 3:30 in the afternoon on April 8, at…
Like hundreds of millions of others, Tom Branon, patriarch of the Branon Family Maple Orchards, begins each day with a cup of coffee. What makes Tom's coffee a little different than many is that he uses pure Vermont maple syrup…
The Right Price On a recent muggy Vermont summer night, we crawled our tired bodies out of the sugar woods and dusted off an old economics textbook from college. We wanted to brush up on the principles of pricing, a…
In 1968, the band Blood Sweat & Tears had a hit rock song called "Spinning Wheel." That song started with the memorable lyrics "What goes up, must come down." When you work in the Vermont maple woods each year, it's…
It was a good day for Evan Branon to be in the woods. It was a reasonable temperature for mid-December and Evan was leading a crew of guys who had found their groove tapping maple trees to prepare for the…
It's incredible how time flies by, and it's hard to believe that 2020 is already a thing of the past. Each of us has our memories of that historic year, and for many, it was marked by anxiety and uncertainty…
It used to be different. Back in the day, Vermont's maple syrup producers collected sap in tin buckets. They used draft horses to bring the sap they collected back to the sugarhouse. They boiled that sap using wood heat. A…
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.
