Meadowbrook Acres in the News

Vermonters Take Farming to the Air - My Champlain Valley, 9/12/19

Local Sugarmaker Taps into New Maple Syrup Technology - Vermont Business Magazine, 3/6/14

Sugar Maker Leads Way to Located Costly Leaks - Burlington Free Press, 3/26/14

Maple Syrup Makers Tap Into New Technology - Associated Press, 4/1/14

Tap Into Profit - The Milton Independent, 3/26/14

Maple syrup production has come a long way from metal buckets hung on trees. High vacuum tubing helps syrup makers draw more sap, and now, a new wireless surveillance system can alert them, remotely, if that tubing springs a leak. (April 1)

Video by the Associated Press in April 2014 featuring Meadowbrook Maple and the Tap Track Technology we recently installed. The print version of the story was picked up by news outlets all over the U.S. including the Boston Globe. It's exciting to see our little sugarhouse being recognized for being innovative.

The solar-powered Tap Track system monitors pressure in sap lines like those of Donnie Richards’ operation in Vermont. Photo by The Associated Press.

Photo by The Burlington Free Press, 2014

Dustin Richards checking on the syrup. Photo by Courtney Lamdin/Milton Independent, 2014 — Dustin Richards checking on the syrup.
Photo by Courtney Lamdin/Milton Independent, 2014