by Jon McLaughlin
SADC Executive Director
HOULTON — Spring Break Maple and Honey of Smyrna Mills is a mover and shaker in the maple syrup industry. Southern Aroostook Development Corporation’s Board of Directors, at a recent board meeting, hosted Kristi Brannen, owner of Spring Break, as their monthly educational speaker.
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SPRING SPEAKING — Kristi Brannen, right, co-owner of Spring Break Maple and Honey and a director with the Southern Aroostook Development Corporation spoke at a recent SADC board meeting. The board hosts regular guest speakers to learn more about economic issues affecting the southern Aroostook community. Listing to the presentation are, from left, Scott Dionne, SADC president and manager of S.W. Collins; Jon Harbison, manager of Harbison Plumbing & Heating; Josh McLaughlin, president of J. McLaughlin Construction; and Peter Chase, president of Buildings Etc.
Spring Break has had a meteoric rise since its inception and now is Maine’s largest manufacturer of maple candy. They can claim L.L. Bean as one of their customers.
They presently host 3,000 taps and are looking to expand their number of taps to handle their increasing business. In addition to maple candy, they produce various grades of maple syrup, maple creams and maple butter as well as local honey from one of their many hives.
