A good-sized crowd gathered at the Sugar House in the heart of the School District of Reedsburg’s Hartje Outdoor Learning Center to celebrate the beginning of Maple Syrup month in Wisconsin on March 16. Theresa Baroun, representing the Wisconsin Maple Syrup Producers Association and Justin Baroun, Maple Marketing Intern welcomed attendees.Matt Peetz, Elementary Associate Principal, and Jerry Griffin, district volunteer, spoke about the maple syrup education program the district’s fourth-grade students participate in and the history of the Hartje Outdoor Learning Center’s Sugarbush. Clint Beyer, Pineview Elementary Principal, read the proclamation from Governor Tony Evers and three fourth-grade students from Pineview Elementary School tapped a tree to signify the official beginning of maple syrup month.Attendees enjoyed a nice walk in the woods exploring the Hartje trails and seeing the almost 200 trees that the fourth-grade students tapped this week. Inside the Sugar House, the evaporator was undergoing a test run and steam was flowing from the evaporator. Lastly, everyone enjoyed some delicious maple flavored treats including fresh filtered maple tree juice, coffee made with maple sap instead of water, and everyone’s favorite maple candy!
About Pam Jahnke
Getting up at 2 in the morning might shock some of her listeners, but for Pam Jahnke, it’s part of the business. Born in Northeastern Wisconsin, Pam Jahnke grew up in agriculture. Raised on her family’s 200-acre dairy farm, she learned the “farm work ethic” first hand.
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