GMBMapleProducts
02-07-2017, 01:19 PM
Hello!
So thankful to come across this site! My husband grew up sugaring with his father and last year, on our own property, he collected using 100 buckets. Collected 800 gallons of sap and boiled at his father's sugarhouse, roughly 20 gallons. Well, we made the jump and invested in equipment this year - Boiler, RO, in the process of setting up pipeline on 500+ taps. We're excited!
With all that being said, we're trying to do this the right way. We live in Vermont and I've attempted to research what we need to do to be operating within state rules and regulations, with little luck. Is there a size that once you exceed, you need to be registered/licensed? Paperwork to file? Fees? We plan to sell at retail through larger friends/family networks in MA/NH/VT with hopefully some online sales and perhaps some bulk sales locally.
Any words of wisdom would be extremely helpful!
Kerri & Andrew Gandin
GMB Maple Products
So thankful to come across this site! My husband grew up sugaring with his father and last year, on our own property, he collected using 100 buckets. Collected 800 gallons of sap and boiled at his father's sugarhouse, roughly 20 gallons. Well, we made the jump and invested in equipment this year - Boiler, RO, in the process of setting up pipeline on 500+ taps. We're excited!
With all that being said, we're trying to do this the right way. We live in Vermont and I've attempted to research what we need to do to be operating within state rules and regulations, with little luck. Is there a size that once you exceed, you need to be registered/licensed? Paperwork to file? Fees? We plan to sell at retail through larger friends/family networks in MA/NH/VT with hopefully some online sales and perhaps some bulk sales locally.
Any words of wisdom would be extremely helpful!
Kerri & Andrew Gandin
GMB Maple Products