Words from the Forest
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…
Henry Rackliff knows how far a personal touch goes in the business world. The mortgage broker is constantly on the phone, trying to get clients the financing they need to buy homes in what's been a hectic few years in…
Branon Family Maple Orchards Packages Sweetness for Travel and Active Lifestyles. FAIRFIELD, VT – Branon Family Maple Orchards unveils Maple to Go!™ – a revolutionary new packaging system that finally allows maple lovers to bring pure Vermont Maple Syrup along…
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.
We are proud to be certified through the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association Sugarhouse Certification Program — a voluntary program that recognizes producers who meet the highest standards for food safety and quality. Certification includes a thorough documentation review, on-site inspection, and verification that our sugarhouse meets strict food safety requirements.
