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New York State is the fourth largest producer of maple syrup in the
world and the individual producers are celebrating that fact at this
year’s Maple Weekend.
On Saturday and Sunday March 19-20 from 10am - 4pm each day, about 85 of
the finest maple producers throughout New York State, from Buffalo to
Albany, Rochester to Binghamton and Jamestown to Plattsburgh, will open
their sugarhouses to demonstrate the making of maple products "from the
tree to the table."
The all-natural, golden brown syrup goes with everything from pancakes
to peanuts. And the quality of New York State maple syrup is not only
the best in its history, it’s probably the best in the world.
The easiest and most enjoyable way to verify it for yourself is on Maple
Weekend! This free, family-oriented event gives you a chance to see how
New York maple producers make some of the world's finest syrup and
related products. For a list of participating maple producers and maps
to their sugarhouses go online at www.mapleweekend.com.
On Maple Weekend, visitors can see all aspects of maple making, from
the tapping of the trees to get the sap, to the boiling of the sap into
syrup. Some producers will also demonstrate the making of maple syrup
into other products including maple cream, maple cotton candy and maple
sugar. Most sugarhouses will allow people to sample the products.
Techniques of maple production vary from producer to producer. Some are
state-of-the-art and some use traditional methods, so the public
everyone is encouraged to visit several of the participating farms. In
addition, many of the producers will have a variety of additional
activities including horse and wagon rides, snowshoeing, guided walks in
the woods and kids' corners.
In conjunction with Maple Weekend many all-you-can-eat pancake
breakfasts featuring New York's finest maple syrup will help people
satisfy their hunger and continue to promote syrup and other maple
products. A list of some the participating pancake breakfasts is
available on www.mapleweekend.com/locations.
New York State maple syrup has established its reputation as some of
highest quality in the world. New York Maple producers continually
strive to do a better job of telling people about it and that is what
Maple Weekend is all about.
According to the New York State Agriculture Statistics Service, New York
is the fourth largest maple syrup producer in the world (behind Canada,
Vermont and Maine). Last year, the estimated 1,525 maple producers
across New York made 255,000 gallons of syrup in accounting for
approximately 17% of the maple syrup made in the United States. Each of
the estimated 1.35 million taps in the state produced an average of 0.19
gallons of syrup.
Maple Weekend started as Maple Sunday nine years ago as a handful of
maple producers in Wyoming County organized a one-day event to promote
maple products. The event became so successful and grew so quickly that
it now includes producers throughout New York State.
“We just wanted another way to market our syrup. We never thought it
would grow to this size,” said Greg Zimpfer of Attica, one of the
founders of Maple Sunday. “But we’re thrilled that people across New
York State are being turned onto maple syrup.”
So mark your calendars for March 19-20 and take the family to experience
New York State maple!
Maple Weekend has plenty of activities for children
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