MONROE CO., N.Y. — The NYS Maple Producers Association members are inviting families and friends into their ‘sugar houses’ to experience the world of pure NY maple syrup this year again!
To make things even sweeter the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County organized a ‘Sweet Treat Contest’ self-guided tour for the public to visit the contest participating farms.
During the Maple Weekend, the visitors will be able to learn a maple syrup making journey from tree tapping and sap harvesting to the evaporation process and product grading. They will also have an opportunity to be entered into a raffle to win a prize. To qualify for drawing, the visitors have to find the Sweet Treat Contests poster, take a selfie in front of it, answer a trivia question and post both on the CCE-Monroe Facebook page: Facebook.com/CCEMonroe/, using the hashtag #SweetTreat.
Visit any of these ‘Sweet Treat Contest’ participating locations to join:
- Helmer Nature Center, 154 Pinegrove Ave., BEHIND the main building
- Kettle Ridge Farm, 515 Log Cabin Rd., Victor
- Keye’s Trout Brook Sugarhouse, 296 Taylor Rd., Honeoye Falls
- Schoff’s Sugar Shack, 1064 Willis Hill Rd., Victor
- Shadow Hill, 7285 Lakeside Rd., Ontario
- Stoney Ridge Farms, 625 County Rd. 28, Palmyra
The drawing will be held on March 31, the winning prize is a “Sweet Treat” basket of goods!
Come and join the maple weekend, there will be something for everyone including tree tapping, sap collecting demonstrations, sugar bush and sugar house tours, homemade pancake breakfast, and more. The Maple weekend is sponsored by the NYS Maple Association. Find a maple produce farm near you at https://mapleweekend.nysmaple.com/ For questions and more details HERE or contact Jarmila Haseler, Agriculture and Food System Educator, CCE of Monroe County at j954@cornell.edu.
–CCE of Monroe County