Massachusetts Maple Producers Association

Benefits of Membership

1. Free Subscription to the international maple publication: The Maple Digest. 
2. Free subscription to our Association newsletter, Massachusetts Sugarbush News. 
3. Opportunity to list your sugarhouse in the Massachusetts Maple Producers Directory. We print twenty-five thousand of these widely distributed and professionally produced brochures every two years. 
4. Opportunity to purchase discounted and readily identified 2 color Massachusetts maple syrup containers. Our jugs are nationally recognized, and are distributed from sites in Shelburne, Belchertown,  Worthington,  Springfield, and North Brookfield. 
5. Opportunity to purchase many printed materials, labels, signs, and other maple promotional items; either at cost or heavily discounted. Many of our items are unique and have been praised and imitated by the other maple states. 
6. Optional participation in various information exchanges such as tour group listings syrup buy/sell listings, USDA Crop Reporting Survey, and the Mass Maple newsletter Massachusetts Sugarbush News. 
7. Opportunity to sell some of your own bulk syrup at a premium price to the Association for use at the Eastern States Exposition (The Big-E) in September each year. 
8. Opportunity to attend any Association sponsored workshops such as candy and cream making, tubing layout, vacuum systems, equipment cleaning, starch testing, gift basket marketing, starting your own mail order business, and other subjects of interest to the Massachusetts maple producer. 
9. Indirect representation through the Association at many promotional events sponsored by various state agencies. Many directories are distributed at these events, samples are given out, and the awareness of Massachusetts as a sugaring state helps preserve your maple farming climate. 
10. Invitation to the January Annual Meeting and the July Summer Picnic. Both of these functions offer educational programs and an opportunity to purchase equipment and supplies, as well as an opportunity to socialize with other maple producers. When you join the Mass Maple Association for the first time, you will recieve a sample packet of Association print materials, a free laminated grading poster, a free laminated "How its made..." poster, and a sample Mass Maple shopping bag.  All of these materials are available at our Mass Maple Warehouse in Shelburne.

We are a non-profit organization recognized by the state and federal non-profit laws. Our funds come from a small commission on discounted containers and supplies as well as from membership dues. We recieve no state or federal financial assistance. We are governed by a nine member Board of Directors elected yearly by the general membership. Daily operations are conducted by a paid Coordinator who serves with the direction of the Board. 

The Association maintains a 24 hour telephone with answering machine (The Massachusetts Maple Phone). A call any time will be answered either by the Coordinator or by a recording supplying you with up-to-date information about sugaring in Massachusetts, which is updated regularly. You may also leave a message and the Coordinator will return your call.

Coordinator - Winton Pitcoff
Maple Phone - (413) 628-3912
Mass Maple Warehouse in Shelburne, MA (for inquiries about supplies) - (413) 625-2900