Words from the Forest
From reverse osmosis systems to vacuum tubing, the technology used to produce maple syrup is simply amazing. It's hard to believe that just a generation ago, we used buckets, horses, and stayed up all night feeding wood-fired boilers to make…
Just as the 2026 Vermont maple sugaring season was getting underway, we played host to “Across the Fence,” a 15-minute program broadcast every weekday on WCAX -TV during the noon hour. Co-produced by UVM Extension and WCAX, the local television…
100,000 Trees Tapped Given the overarching theme of Valentine’s Day, Tom Branon was exactly where he belonged on the afternoon of Feb. 14, 2026: in the Vermont sugarwoods he loves so deeply. For Tom, the patriarch here at Branon Family…
More than 140 years ago, the first recipe for the Manhattan cocktail appeared in print. Over the years, it’s been tinkered with some, but generally the recipe remains the same as it did when it was first created in New…
Around Branon Family Maple Orchards, Cecile Branon has a lot of titles and answers to quite a few names. Later this month, we’ll be able to refer to her as something else: A Hall of Famer. Cecile has been selected…
CoCo’s Maple Cocoa and Buppy’s Bites. Like a constant buzz in the background, there’s this hum at Branon Family Maple Orchards about what to do next with pure Vermont maple syrup. We’ve got lots of ideas — some have come…
How to get maple syrup shipped to you the best way possible. It's amazing when you really think about where our pure maple syrup ends up. From its start in our sugarhouse on a dead-end dirt road in rural northern…
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…