{"id":995,"date":"2014-07-06T19:49:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maple.northamericanmaple.org\/?p=995"},"modified":"2025-05-22T20:08:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:08:58","slug":"the-sugarmakers-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/2014\/07\/06\/the-sugarmakers-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sugarmaker&#8217;s Companion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northamericanmaple.org\/images\/stories\/publications\/sugarmakers_companion.jpg\" alt=\"The Sugarmaker's Companion\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Sugarmaker&#8217;s Companion<br><\/strong><strong>An Integrated Approach to Producing Syrup from Maple, Birch, and Walnut Trees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by Michael Farrell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sugarmaker\u2019s Companion is the comprehensive guide small-and large-scale syrup producers have been waiting for in their quest to create a profitable business model. Michael Farrell documents the untapped potential of American forests and shows how sugaring can turn a substantial profit for farmers while providing tremendous enjoyment and satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farrell, sugarmaker and director of the Uihlein Forest at Cornell University, incorporates the wisdom of traditional sugarmaking with the value of modern technology (such as reverse-osmosis machines and vacuum tubing). His balanced view of the industry offers a realistic picture of how modern technology can be beneficial\u2014economically and environmentally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelseagreen.com\/bookstore\/item\/the_sugarmakers_companion\/#sthash.0btWptsV.dpuf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chelsea Green Publishing<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sugarmaker&#8217;s CompanionAn Integrated Approach to Producing Syrup from Maple, Birch, and Walnut Trees by Michael Farrell The Sugarmaker\u2019s Companion is the comprehensive guide small-and large-scale syrup producers have been waiting for in their quest to create a profitable business model. Michael Farrell documents the untapped potential of American forests and shows how sugaring can turn a substantial profit for farmers while providing tremendous enjoyment and satisfaction. Farrell, sugarmaker and director of the Uihlein Forest at Cornell University, incorporates the wisdom of traditional sugarmaking with the value of modern technology (such as reverse-osmosis machines and vacuum tubing). His balanced view&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmaple.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}