EVENT CANCELLED
In
conjunction with West Virginia Maple Producers Association Mountain State Maple
Days, West Virginia University Potomac State College will host the Mineral
County Maple Market March 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Starcher Complex (Ag
Tech Building) at 471 Parkview Drive, on the Keyser campus.
Visitors
to the campus can taste the goodness of pure maple syrup that’s been tapped
from trees located on the College’s farms, then cooked and bottled at their own
sugar shack. But if maple syrup is all
you’ve ever tried, then you’re in for a real treat. Prepare your taste
buds for maple candy and maple cotton candy!
In
addition to the PSC SAGE program, other vendors will be on hand to help
celebrate WV Maple Day, including: Ashlee’s Homemade Dog Treats, Best Friends
Treats, Happy Ranch Farm, Indian Water Maple Company, Logan’s Creations, Marla’s
Main Street Bakery, Mountain Arts Guild, Quicken Farm, Rayne Bows Galore, Suds
& Tings, The Art of Scents, The Candlewyck Inn, and Wagging Tails Quilting,
with others being added. There will also
be a musical performance by Scott Paxton from noon to 2 p.m.
Maple
sap is naturally produced by a variety of maple trees indigenous of North
America. Freezing cold nights and warm
days are needed for the sap to properly flow.
With lots of maple trees and the ideal weather to match, West Virginia
is a prime location to produce maple syrup.
Depending on the percentage of sugar and water content in the sap, it
can take anywhere from 50 to 75 gallons of sap to produce just one gallon of
maple syrup.
So,
join in the fun and celebrate West Virginia’s rich maple heritage! The Mineral County Maple Market is being held
in collaboration with the West Virginia Maple Producer’s Association and the
Mineral County Tourism Office.
For
more information, contact Corey Armstrong, director of Farm Operations and SAGE
instructor at WVU Potomac State, at carmstr1@mail.wvu.edu
or at 304-788-7244.