MSPAC Annual Meeting
MSPAC Fall Membership meeting:
Date: October 17, 2020
Time: 10 am - 2:30 pm
Location: Lockwood Farm, 890 Evergreen Ave. Hamden, CT. We will meet under a large pavilion.
Parking: Pull in by the large silo and park near the pavilion.
Join us on October 17th at 10:00 for our fall membership meeting. We will meet at Lockwood Farm located at 890 Evergreen Ave, Hamden, CT 06518. The meeting will be held under the pavilion and on the surrounding grounds to provide for a safe social distancing event. and masks will be required. We will have hand sanitizer available to help keep our members safe and ask that you practice proper social distancing and avoid shaking hands to help keep everyone safe and in top shape for the coming maple season. Something new this year is an online link to preregister for the event (https://forms.gle/4Enz6pv5c32u3TLXA). This will help us know how much food to prepare for everyone. Also this year we are asking that you either mail in your annual membership dues or bring your form and check pre-filled out to deposit in the drop box. Membership cards will be mailed out at a later date, unfortunately no change or assistance will be available at the registration table this year. This year's event will start off with an update from Bryan Hurlbert the Commissioner for the Connecticut Department of Agriculture and will be followed by our business meeting, the formal program will wrap up with some very exciting news from Joe Orefice, the Director of Forest & Agricultural Operations with the Yale Forest. He will fill us in on their recently awarded ACER grant and the support it will provide to Connecticut sugar makers. After the formal meeting enjoy your lunch, meet with our vendors, check out the swap meet and our small scale production demonstration area. If you have any used or unneeded equipment or supplies you wish to sell, bring them along with a printed sign to post on the swap board and clear out those unwanted items. Don't forget to bring syrup for the syrup judging contest to be dropped off at the registration table. Details can be found on our website. We look forward to seeing all of you soon and know you will enjoy the meeting.
Agenda:
10:00 Welcome and opening of our fall meeting
10:05-10:30 Bryan Hurlbert - Updates from the CT Department of Agriculture
10:30-11:00 Annual Business Meeting
11:00-11:30 Joe Orefice - Yale's ACER Grant
11:30-1:30 Lunch, Swap Meet, Vendor Displays and Small Scale Production Demonstrations
Maple Syrup Judging Contest: sample submitted by 9:15 am:
Do you want to see how your syrup measures up against other producers? Check out the rules below and bring some syrup to be judged. Winners will be announced at the end.
• All entries must be produced in the past year by the person entering the contest and become the property of the Maple Syrup Producers Association of Connecticut.
• Maple Syrup entries must be submitted in a pint or 500 ml sealed plastic or glass syrup container and will be placed by staff in coded glass containers without names for judging and displayed during the meeting.
• All Entries must be identified appropriately with sugarbush name, producer name, address and syrup grade, by means of a sticker, tag or printing direct on the container.
• Only one entry per person per category will be accepted. Grade A categories are: Golden w/ Delicate Taste, Amber w/ Rich Taste, and Dark w/ Robust Taste.
• No points given for decorative containers, ribbons, etc.
• Syrup & Entry/Judging Form (available at the registration table) must be entered by 9:15 am at the Annual Meeting
Date: October 17, 2020
Time: 10 am - 2:30 pm
Location: Lockwood Farm, 890 Evergreen Ave. Hamden, CT. We will meet under a large pavilion.
Parking: Pull in by the large silo and park near the pavilion.
Join us on October 17th at 10:00 for our fall membership meeting. We will meet at Lockwood Farm located at 890 Evergreen Ave, Hamden, CT 06518. The meeting will be held under the pavilion and on the surrounding grounds to provide for a safe social distancing event. and masks will be required. We will have hand sanitizer available to help keep our members safe and ask that you practice proper social distancing and avoid shaking hands to help keep everyone safe and in top shape for the coming maple season. Something new this year is an online link to preregister for the event (https://forms.gle/4Enz6pv5c32u3TLXA). This will help us know how much food to prepare for everyone. Also this year we are asking that you either mail in your annual membership dues or bring your form and check pre-filled out to deposit in the drop box. Membership cards will be mailed out at a later date, unfortunately no change or assistance will be available at the registration table this year. This year's event will start off with an update from Bryan Hurlbert the Commissioner for the Connecticut Department of Agriculture and will be followed by our business meeting, the formal program will wrap up with some very exciting news from Joe Orefice, the Director of Forest & Agricultural Operations with the Yale Forest. He will fill us in on their recently awarded ACER grant and the support it will provide to Connecticut sugar makers. After the formal meeting enjoy your lunch, meet with our vendors, check out the swap meet and our small scale production demonstration area. If you have any used or unneeded equipment or supplies you wish to sell, bring them along with a printed sign to post on the swap board and clear out those unwanted items. Don't forget to bring syrup for the syrup judging contest to be dropped off at the registration table. Details can be found on our website. We look forward to seeing all of you soon and know you will enjoy the meeting.
Agenda:
10:00 Welcome and opening of our fall meeting
10:05-10:30 Bryan Hurlbert - Updates from the CT Department of Agriculture
10:30-11:00 Annual Business Meeting
11:00-11:30 Joe Orefice - Yale's ACER Grant
11:30-1:30 Lunch, Swap Meet, Vendor Displays and Small Scale Production Demonstrations
Maple Syrup Judging Contest: sample submitted by 9:15 am:
Do you want to see how your syrup measures up against other producers? Check out the rules below and bring some syrup to be judged. Winners will be announced at the end.
• All entries must be produced in the past year by the person entering the contest and become the property of the Maple Syrup Producers Association of Connecticut.
• Maple Syrup entries must be submitted in a pint or 500 ml sealed plastic or glass syrup container and will be placed by staff in coded glass containers without names for judging and displayed during the meeting.
• All Entries must be identified appropriately with sugarbush name, producer name, address and syrup grade, by means of a sticker, tag or printing direct on the container.
• Only one entry per person per category will be accepted. Grade A categories are: Golden w/ Delicate Taste, Amber w/ Rich Taste, and Dark w/ Robust Taste.
• No points given for decorative containers, ribbons, etc.
• Syrup & Entry/Judging Form (available at the registration table) must be entered by 9:15 am at the Annual Meeting
