Tentative List of Workshops/Presentations

 

Session 1 — 9:00 AM

Glenn Goodrich – Saphouse Timesavers and Techniques
Mark Canella – Maple Business Planning and Industry Overview
Eric Bugbee – FFA Maple CDE: Preparing for Competition
Cameron Sheltra – Maintenance of ROs, Vacuum Pumps, and Extractors
Greg Zimpfer – What and How of Marketing
Peter Smallidge – Best Practices on a Small Wooded Acreage
Mike Lynch – Maple Creams: Perfecting Your Process
Nick Wendel – Filtering Syrup: Techniques, Tips, and Results

 

Session 2 — 10:45 AM

Nate Bissell – You Can Do Anything, But You Can’t Do Everything!
John Fessenden & Isaac Thrasher – Financial Tools and Strategies for Maple Enterprises
Scott Weikert – Maple for Beginners and Small-Scale Sugarbush Forestry
Aaron Wightman – Maintaining Sap Quality
Scott Reed – Coating Maple Nuts
Kevin Lawyer – Vacuum: Raising the Bar on Techniques & Equipment
Kory Woods – Sap Monitoring Systems: Your Time, Your Money

 

Session 3 — 1:15 PM

Nate Bissell – Selling What You Produce — and What Others Produce
Adam Wild – Making the Grade: Syrup Density, Flavor, and Grade
Nick Wendel – Back to Basics of Tapping: How-To’s and Why-For’s
Zac Smith – Reports from the Field: Marketing Strategies
Peter Smallidge – Practical ID, Ecology, and Management
David Nyle – RO Basics: Beginners and Budgets
Greg Zimpfer – Maple Water

 

Session 4 — 3:00 PM

Glenn Goodrich – Sap Ladders and Tubing Installation Tips
Damian Hill – Dreams, Visions, Risks, and Plans to Market Maple
Steve Childs – Ask Steve Anything (Virtual)
Aaron Wightman – Tap Timing and Methods for Optimal Yield
Mike Lynch – Getting Started: Tap, Boil, and Taste
Jennifer Horton – Don’t Lose It All! Protecting Your Investment
Eileen Downs – Invert Sugars: Why, What, and How
Gordon & Kyle Tibbitts – Growing a Business for Young Sugarmakers