SUMNER — Some of Maine’s maple syrup producers couldn’t wait for Sunday to launch the state’s annual Maple Sugar Weekend. One such syrup operation that wanted an early start on the weekend was A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm in Sumner, which also raises its own sheep to produce dyed-wool products for knitters and artists. “I […]
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Tribe says maple syrup operation gives people new hope
PRENTISS TOWNSHIP — The members of the Passamaquoddy tribe have looked under their feet for a bottled water plant and have turned to the sky for a wind farm. But it’s the forest that will be the first to deliver as the impoverished tribe seeks to become one of the biggest maple syrup operations in […]
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LePage wants Maine to become a national leader in maple syrup
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday that Maine’s maple syrup industry could become a national leader if more people understood that there is substantial money to be made from one of Maine’s most abundant natural resources. “This is an industry that Maine could be leading America in,” said LePage after ceremonially tapping a maple […]