March is Massachusetts Maple Month Kickoff with Ceremonial Tree Tapping
Friday, February 28th at 10:00am
Deer Meadow Farm, 60 Reed St., Warren, Ma
- Massachusetts Maple Weekend -
Sugarhouse Open Houses
March 8th & 9th, 2025 - schedule of participating sugarhouses coming soon.
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Sugarmakers across Massachusetts are getting ready for the 2025 sugar season. Pure maple syrup and specialty products are available all year, direct from the sugarmaker! Check our directory for your local sugarmaker!
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The Massachusetts Maple Producers Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of maple sugaring in Massachusetts.
Maple HistoryMaple sugaring was not new to Massachusetts when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The Native Americans had been making sugar from the sweet sap of the maple tree for many years. From the journals of early explorers we know that the Native Americans had a process for making maple sugar as early as 1609. There are many Native American legends about how maple sugar was first discovered. One Iroquois legend tells how Chief Woksis had thrown his tomahawk into a maple tree one late winter evening. After he removed it the following morning, the weather turned sunny and warm. Sap began to flow from the cut in the tree, and drip down into a container at the base of the tree. The sap was used to boil the meat for dinner. As the water in the sap boiled away, a wonderful, sweet maple taste was left with the meat. ... See MoreSee Less