The story of Journey's End Maple Farm begins with a ten-year-old boy named Marty Boisvert, who became fascinated by the sap buckets he noticed on roadside trees near his Pittsfield, New Hampshire home. That childhood curiosity blossomed into a lifelong passion when he and his father tapped their first few trees and boiled sap over an open fire. Each year they expanded their operation, adding more taps and sharing their sweet harvest with family and friends, with Marty's father famously sneaking real maple syrup to restaurant customers to build their loyal customer base.

In 2000, Marty built his first sugar house by hand, but within five years their growing operation had outgrown the small facility. As they planned a larger sugar house complete with reverse osmosis equipment and space for making maple cream and candies, tragedy struck the family. Both of Marty's parents were battling cancer, and his father passed away during sugaring season, followed by his mother less than a month later. Through this devastating period, the maple farm became Marty's saving grace, what he calls "therapy one drop at a time." The memory of carrying his weakened father to experience the first boil in their new sugar house remains a cherished moment that Marty honors during every season's first boil.

Today, Journey's End has flourished into a thriving operation that taps over 3,000 trees across the Pittsfield area, collecting about 35,000 gallons of sap annually to produce approximately 1,000 gallons of syrup. The family-run business has expanded beyond syrup to offer award-winning maple cream, candy, lattes, shakes, and other maple delicacies. With additional team members joining in 2018 to expand products and marketing, the farm continues to grow while maintaining its therapeutic connection to the land and trees that sustained the Boisvert family through their most challenging times.

Pantry/Other

• Maple syrup
• Maple cream
• Maple candy
• Maple lattes
• Maple shakes