Josh knew that with the help of a shark partner his entry into the World of large-scale retailing would be much easier, and with that aim in mind, he went to the shark tank in mid-2016 hoping to secure a sweet deal with one of the sharks. By the following year, Parker’s Maple was starting to get attention from Costco, the second largest retailer in the World after Walmart. In June 2015 he was invited to appear on the Glenn Beck Radio Program which helped his maple syrup gain further attention, which led eventually to his products being stocked in 500 small retail stores. Josh Parker knows maple syrup as well as anyone, and there’s no doubt that this product is appreciated by all who are lucky enough to taste it, and as a result of his hard work, his business began to grow accordingly. His dad co-signed on the agreement and lent him another $70,000 to get him started, and Josh began to spend every waking minute working to make his new business a success.Ī 16-year-old Josh Parker promoting his products in 2014 Josh prepared a business plan and convinced a bank to lend him the money to buy the equipment he needed. Josh, from Canton, New York was fascinated by the idea that he could make his own maple syrup using just the trees in his own backyard, and it wasn’t long before he was doing exactly that.Īfter a few years making progressively larger batches of his own maple syrup, Josh finally decided to start his own business making that sweet silky syrup, and he was still only 15 years old. The idea for Parker’s Maple came back in 2009 when 11-year-old Joshua Parker went on a school field trip to Northern New York state to learn how Maple syrup was made, and it’s no understatement to say that the trip was quite inspirational for him.
Parkers maple barn update#
Parker’s Maple After Shark Tank – 2018 Update.By diversifying our farm and reaching out to our community we hope to preserve our family’s heritage for generations to come. Tours are welcome and are often guided by members of our extended family, featuring the old and new processes that have been used to make the sweet stuff that keeps everyone coming back for more. We enjoy working as a family and with our friends to share the amazing process of making the maple tree’s sap into syrup. Through many years of hard work and grit, the operation has now grown to include nearly 1,000 acres of land, a 90,000 tap maple operation (one of the largest in the U.S.), producing over 40,000 gallons of maple syrup per year! The Parker farm also now features a CDL maple equipment dealership, farm gift shop and restaurant pavilion as well as the 5th generation of Parkers, Joshua, Samantha and Keith!
Over the course of Earl’s lifetime the farm has seen many changes, from quadrupling the number of maple taps and moving the sugar shack from down in the woods to up by the road and making the difficult decision not to continue milking cows, it has not always been easy. The farm is now run by Adolphus & Amelia's great-grandson, Michael Parker with supervision from his father, Earl Parker. Five years later, in 1889, they purchased an adjoining 60 acres and started a dairy farm and maple sugaring operation. In 1884, Adolphus & Amelia Parker bought an acre of land and established their homestead in the Lake Champlain Valley near the Canadian Border in West Chazy, NY.
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