Roxbury Mountain Maple

Roxbury Mountain Maple maintains their focus on making the best maple syrup on the face of the earth and bringing family together. Roxbury Mountain Maple utilized a Delaware County Farm Enhancement grant in continued pursuit of that goal. As one of the largest maple producers in the Catskills, the Holscher family craft their delicious maple products with a keen awareness to mitigating the operation’s environmental impacts. Upgrading the Sugar House’s reverse osmosis (RO) unit enabled Roxbury Mountain Maple to reap many benefits including minimizing energy utilization, increased operational efficiency and a higher quality finished product. The RO unit removes water from the sap, bringing sugar concentration from 2% in raw sap to 20% after the RO process has been completed. This reduces fossil fuel consumption as the sap is boiled into syrup. The upgraded RO unit also runs on electricity, which will allow the farm to harness solar power in a continued effort to minimize the environmental footprint. Additional value the new RO unit brings is the increased efficiency in sap processing; allowing for sap runs to be completed quickly. This enables equipment maintenance even at peak of season, extending the life of the RO unit and the evaporator. Finally syrup quality has been enhanced with shorter boiling times and faster sap processing, yielding more Golden and Amber grade syrup.

Last updated March 7, 2025