Who We Are

We are a Family of fourth-generation sugar makers from the northeast kingdom of Vermont. It takes a village to run our company and we all have a special connection with sugaring and making maple syrup. We are excited to share our family and our generational traditions with you. Maple sugaring started in the 1940s with Earl and Rose Baird using about 100 wooden buckets and hand drilling the taps into the trees in West Burke, VT. Collecting the sap from the buckets was done by horse and sleigh with the help of the family, but mostly the children to gather the buckets and bring them to the sleigh. Memories of boiling with family parties that included sugar on snow, and the famous “Grammie” donuts with a dill pickle are still talked about today. Passing through to the 1970’s Pearl and Everett Baird of West Burke, VT was the second generation of sugarmakers who expanded the sugar woods to 800+ trees using gas-powered tappers (basically a weedwhacker motor with a drill bit on the end) and buckets.