Our Story
The Maple Fix Farm is a small maple sugaring operation located in Fairfax, VT owned & operated by Adam & Renee Rainville. We also raise belted galloway beef cows and use our pastures to harvest organic hay for their feed. In 2010 we first set up our home woods in Fairfax, VT with just over 2,100 taps and sold our sap to a local sugar maker. In 2017 we decided that selling sap was a bit too boring for us and we wanted to jump into the “fun part” of sugaring and make our very own sweet stuff! We purchased an oil fired evaporator and equipped our sugarhouse with everything else we needed to boil and make our own syrup! In 2019 we had the opportunity to purchase an additional 105 acres in Underhill, VT with an additional 6,500 taps. Every year we add on more taps to increase our sugarbush. We make maple syrup when the sap flows in the spring. After sugaring season, we spend our time crafting yummy maple goodies which have earned several blue ribbons locally. Products include all things maple, maple cream, maple candies, maple popcorn, cinnamon, bourbon & gin aged syrups, maple cotton candy, wedding favors and more! 🍁
This photo hangs on our sugarhouse wall and represents the “why” in everything we do in our maple business. Maple runs deep in our family. This is a photo of me(Renee) as a young girl, sugaring with my dad outside in our back yard on a wood fired arch that he hand made. Patiently waiting for syrup to be made, we snacked on hot dogs for lunch that were cooked and coated in maple syrup while tasting samples of “almost syrup”. I can remember tapping with spouts and buckets then collecting those buckets filled to the brim with sap and boiling for hours, only to make a minimal amount of that liquid gold sweet stuff. Today in our sugaring operation we use tubing, vacuum, RO’s, filter presses and oil fired evaporators. Technology has changed sugaring over the years but one thing remains the same, the depth of love that we have for maple sugaring! My dad passed away in 2001 and much of our thoughts and ideas starting our business venture into the maple industry was inspired by him and his love for sugaring that he passed on to his kids and everyone that knew him. Every time we fire up the rig and that sweet smell fills the sugarhouse, I am reminded of him. 🍁
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