I am exploring the purchase of a farm with a sugar bush in the central and northern areas of Vermont. My plan is find someone to tap the trees and purchase the sap as one of the sources of income of the farm to keep it from being developed. The tap installers and sap purchasers could be the same person or company or not.

Questions:

1. Who installs taps? What is a reasonable cost?

2. Who might purchase the sap? What is a fair price?

PS - I am a lifelong Vermonter who believes that Vermont's agricultural future is bright and that food production & woodlands must be preserved from development.