The schedule for the NYS winter maple conf.

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I finally got the schedule for presentations at the VVS maple conf for the Jan 5-6, 2018 conference:
2018 Maple Conference Session Schedule
Friday
Room Topic Speaker
Cafe Maple Cream Comparison Steve Childs, Cornell Maple Program
LGI Tapping Into the Passion of Real Maple Brad Gillian, Leader Evaporator, IMSI
Saturday
SESSION I
Room Topic Speaker
Auditorium High Brix Concentration and Boiling Glenn Goodrich, Goodrich Maple Farms
LGI

Facebook: Know Who You are Talking To,
Know Who is Listening Angela Swan, NYS Maple Weekend Coordinator

Media Center Basic RO Management and Care Carl Lapierre, Lapierre
Middle School Cafe Maple Sugar and Maple Donuts

Scott StMarry, Cedar Brook Farm Maple
Confections

Mid School 11 Sugarhouse Tours & Tastings Missy Leab, Ioka Valley Farm
Room 12 Maple Sap Fermentation and Distillation Chris Gerling, Cornell Food Science
Room 13

Small-scale Management in Your Sugarbush:
Production and Safety Peter Smallidge, Cornell Extension Forester

Room 14

Interesting Maple History Your Customers
May Find Interesting Don Moser, American Maple Museum

Home Ec Room

Grading Maple Syrup: Color, Density, Clarity
and Flavor Les Ober, Ohio State

Mid School 44

Forest Tent Caterpillar: Managing and
Monitoring Your Sugarbush to Minimize
Impacts Mark Isselhardt, UVM

Mid School 37

How to Install Underground Tubing with
Success Joel Boutin, Quebec

SESSION II
Room Topic Speaker
Auditorium Best Practices for Using 3/16 Tubing Tim Wilmot, D&G
LGI

Tapping Below the Lateral Line – Should You
or Shouldn’t You? Tim Perkins, UVM

Media Center

CDL Monitor System , (Woods, Sugarhouse,
Pump Station, Remount Woods ) Kory Woods & Garth Atherton, CDL

Middle School Cafe Maple Specialities

Ruth Goodrich, Goodrich Maple Farm; Sarah
Orban, Lapierre

Mid School 11

Tracking Down and Turning Around Conflicts
for a Maple Business Chris Tauzel, NY Agriculture Mediation Program

Room 12 Maple Flavors Mark Isselhardt, UVM

Room 13

Assessing the Value of Remote Sensing
Capabilities for Maple Producers: From
Satellites to Small Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (UAS) Frank Padula, GeoThinkTank LLC

Room 14

Thriving or Surviving? Business Planning
Strategy in 2018 Mark Cannella, University of Vermont

Home Ec Room Maple Production for the Beginner Les Ober, Ohio State
Mid School 44 Forest Tent Caterpillar Dylan Parry, ESF

Mid School 37

Correct Considerations for Sap Transfer
Systems (Transfer Pumps, Extractors and
Pipe Sizing) Steve Bedard, Lapierre Equipment

Hallway

Tips and Techniques for Producers
Considering Maple Tubing Installation Aaron Wightman, Cornell Maple Program

SESSION III
Room Topic Speaker
Auditorium Best Practices for Using 3/16 Tubing Tim Wilmot, D&G
LGI

What Influences Sap Yield and Sugar
Content? Tim Perkins, UVM

Media Center

CDL Intelligent R/O , This Is a R/O in a
Remote Location Other Than the
Sugarhouse Nick Atherton, CDL

Middle School Cafe Maple Cream for the Beginner Ruth Esther Delavan, Delavan Farms

Mid School 11

Connecting with the Cornell Food Venture
Center: Food Safety and Regulatory
Compliance for Value-Added Products Bruno Xavier, NYS Food Venture Center
Room 12 RO Sanitation Jeff Faulks, Hydride Regional Manager
Room 13

Silvopasture to Enhance Maple Producer
Revenues Brett Chedzoy, CCE Schyler County
Room 14 Maple Financial Benchmarks 2013-Present Mark Cannella, University of Vermont
Home Ec Room Maple Marshmallow Treats Stephen Childs, Cornell Maple Program
Mid School 44

Silvicultural Techniques for Regenerating
Sugar Maple. Joe Orefice, Cornell Maple Program
Mid School 37 Growing Shiitake Mushrooms for Profit Steve Gabriel, Cornell Small Farms Program

Ag shop hallway

Basic Sap House Setups and Considerations
for the Beginner Tour and discussion of VVS Sugarhouse

SESSION IV
Room Topic Speaker
Auditorium NY Certified Training

David Campbell, Mapleland Farms,Stephen
Childs, Cornell Maple Program

LGI

You’ve Made It, Now How Do You Sell It?
Tips and Tricks for Retailing Emily Gierke, Riverside Maple Farms

Media Center

How to Use and Calibrate Measuring Tools
for Sap and Maple Carl Lapierre, Lapierre

Middle School Cafe

Making Maple Confections Without Spending
a lot on Equipment –Methods of Making by
Hand Jake Moser, Moser Maple
Mid School 11 Managing the Little RO Kevin Lawyer, Leader Evaporator
Room 12 Organic Certification Lauren Lawrence, Baystate Organic Certifiers
Room 13 Managing Invasive Plants in Your Sugarbush Peter Smallidge, Cornell Extension Forester

Room 14

Marketing- What Do You Want to Be When
You Grow Up? Alternative Marketing
Strategies for Value Added Maple Products Michele Ledoux, CCE Lewis County

Home Ec Room Managing Your Filterpress

Nick and Marty Wendel, Wendel's Maple and
More

Mid School 44

Specialty Maple Lumber Field Identification
and Production: Birdseye, Taphole, Spalted,
Curly, and Ambrosia Joe Orefice, Cornell Maple Program

Mid School 37

How to Maintain Quality Sap in Underground
Tubing Joel Boutin, Quebec


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