Founder Robb and Lydia Turner Founded 2007 | Products Crown Maple Syrup Headquarters Dover | |
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Industry Certified organic maple syrup | ||
Madava farms home of crown maple
Madava Farms is an 800-acre certified organic maple syrup enterprise located primarily in Dover, New York. The farm is the maker of Crown Maple Syrup, and it is considered to be the largest maple syrup production facility in North America.
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History
The 800-acre piece of land, located on the town borders of Unionvale, Millbrook, and Dover Plains, was farmland during the Civil War. Afterwards, farming on the property came to a halt, and an unusually high concentration of maples sprung up. The area was left untouched until 2007, when the property was bought by Robb Turner, a former Wall Street banker, and his wife, Lydia. The couple decided to use the land to found a maple syrup company. The company was called "Crown Maple," and the farm was named Madava Farms, after the Turners' daughters, Ava and Maddie. The Turners tapped their first trees in 2011 and opened the farm to the public in 2012. The property has at least 40,000 maple trees and a 27,000-square-foot sugarhouse.
In January 2013, Madava Farms received state grant award money for the purpose of creating a "tourist destination" in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Lincoln Ristorante chef Jonathan Benno designed a kitchen for Madava Farms' cafe.
Equipment
Turner received consultation from the Cornell Cooperative Extension when buying technology and equipment for the operation. The farm prides itself in its technology and environmental sustainability. To reduce the likeliness of tree infection, thin polymer plastic tubes are used to carry sap to the collection house. The farm also aims to save fuel by not boiling the syrup initially and instead using osmosis machines. As well as eliminating bacteria and cellulose material, the reverse osmosis machines remove up to 75% of the water from the sap. Extracted water is used for watering the property and cleaning the machinery.