Weekend hobby turns into full-time agribusiness operation for Camp Aquila Pure Maple Syrup
30 Apr 2022
News, runestone electric association
DENT, Minn. — What was a weekend hobby turned into a thriving agribusiness for Stu and Corinne Peterson near Dent. For the past 22 years, they have harvested maple sap from trees on their property on Star Lake and turned it into Camp Aquila Pure Maple Syrup .
“We’re small peanuts compared to the big producers. There’s so much technology you can purchase, there’s so much efficiencies," Stu Peterson said. "We’re pretty labor intensive the way we do it, and so we can do it sized for my wife and I, and the kids when they show up, when the sap is running.”
More Topics
A community of cooperative members gathered at Lake Country Power’s service center in Cohasset for the annual membership meeting on Wednesday evening, April 20. More than 300 members and guests heard about the lingering effects of the COVID pandemic on material costs, supply chain issues, historic inflation and the impacts...
Recently, Elon Musk announced plans for the Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot that stands 5 feet, 8 inches tall. Musk said the robot “probably won’t work.” I hope he is wrong.
Many people have an adverse reaction to discussions of automation and artificial intelligence. While I understand those fears,...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has awarded $709,235 in 2022 Meat, Poultry, Egg, and Milk Processing Grants to 15 recipients across Minnesota in its first year of operation.
The grant program aims to facilitate the start-up, modernization, or expansion of meat, poultry, egg, and milk processing businesses. The intent of...
Tom Lambrecht