To meet the requests of many Ohio Maple Days attendees, we asked Keith Libben and Zach Smith for their presentation slide decks.  And we received.  Thanks to the both of them for tying a ribbon on their talks and making that content available for us.  For a full Recap of our 2024 Ohio Maple Days, check out last week’s post here.

Keith Libben from Ohio Department of Agriculture (you can find his contact information here) talked about NRCS cost-/technical-assistance programs revolving around energy efficiency and maple operations.  Best of all, his talk featured some fantastic success stories of real Ohio maple producers tapping into the program and upgrading their sugarhouse by leaps and bounds.  Click Here to View Keith’s OMD 2024 Slides.

Zachary Smith from University of Vermont spoke about marketing strategies on the producer side of the maple enterprise equation.  I point out the producer side because Vermont will be returning in 2025 to focus more on the consumer side of the marketing equation.  You can view Zach’s slides HERE.  And of course, if you have questions to follow-up with Zach and his team, I guarantee that they would love to hear from you.

Additionally, here is a QR code that will take you to a survey being conducted through UVM currently – tell them all about your perspective on the human and social aspects of life as it is flavored by your experience as a maple producer.  We all know maple is about more than just maple – this survey is an attempt to capture just what we mean when we say that.