Massachusetts Maple Producers Association

Maple Store

The North American Maple Syrup Producers Manual   - click on this link for more information and pricing.

The most recent (2006) comprehensive manual for maple syrup production. 329 pages, many photos, tables and charts. Covers syrup history; the forest resource; sugarbush planning and management; all phases of sap and syrup production; syrup filtration, grading and packing; and syrup marketing. Also has chapters on syrup economics, syrup chemistry, as well as other topics. 
 

All About Maple Sugaring - click on this link for more information and pricing.

A classroom guide and curriculum for teachers. Developed by the Massachusetts Maple Producers Association and Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom for teaching elementary school children "all about maple sugaring". Forty loose-leaf pages (for ease in copying), covering the subjects of history, math, art, vocabulary, science, and the environment. Includes poster (not laminated), coloring book, and Make Your Own Maple Syrup brochure; items 3-5 below. Also includes Agriculture in the Classroom Resource Directory. 
 

"How We Make Massachusetts Maple Syrup" poster - $8.00 postpaid 
Large four-color, plastic laminated poster, detailing how syrup is made. 
 

Make Your Own Maple Syrup brochure. - 50¢ postpaid.
 

Massachusetts Maple Producers Directory, same as on this website, printed copy available for free.
 

"A Sweet Tradition - The Love and Labor of Maple Sugaring" - click on this link for more information and pricing.

20 minute color video, produced in 1998, covers all aspects of maple sugaring; from tapping, gathering, and boiling, to the finished product. Filmed with Massachusetts's children who are involved with the annual maple syrup harvest. Narrative and musical sound track.
 

Children's Coloring booklet - 50¢ each, 25 for $4, postpaid.
4 pages, general information, basic pancake recipe, kids can color in the pictures.
 

To purchase any of the above items; send a check to:

Massachusetts Maple Producers Assoc.

PO Box 6