Start Fall 2026 for 2027 Sugaring Season
Morse Brook Farm is a livestock farm in Westminster, VT, currently operating a 1300 tap southeast facing sugar bush with immediate expansion plans for an additional 200 taps and long term plans for expansion after 2027/28 selective logging. The sugar operation utilizes a vacuum pump, an RO and an oil fired arch housed in a 2021 built sugar house. In the last two years, production has exceeded 900 gallons each season.
Job Description
We are looking for a person who has experience maintaining a sugar bush and a modern sugaring operation, who enjoys hard outdoor work, takes pride in doing things well, and wants to join us long term in growing our maple business.
The ideal candidate should be familiar with sugar bush management, maintaining and expanding sap lines and a vacuum pump, maintaining and operating a reverse osmosis unit and running an oil fired arch. Annual maintenance of the sugarbush normally begins in November or December, and the candidate must have a flexible schedule during sugaring, normally late January through April, in order to process and boil as the weather dictates.
We expect in the 2027 season that the job will require 200-300 hours during sugaring season and additional work during the Fall and early winter to prepare sap lines in the woods. There will also be additional opportunities during 2027 to expand the sugar bush.
Pay: $20 to $30 per hour, depending on experience. For the right candidate this job includes possible profit sharing incentives based on production levels and long term opportunities to manage and grow the sugaring operation. The current operation has significant room for expansion.
What You Will Do – This is a hands-on position involving the care, maintenance, and improvement of our sugarbush, sap collection system, and maple production facilities. Work may include:
- Installing, repairing, and maintaining maple tubing, mainlines, lateral lines, fittings, and vacuum systems.
- Tapping maple trees in preparation for sugaring season.
- Finding and repairing vacuum leaks.
- Running all aspects of sugarhouse operations during maple season – sap collection, RO processing, boiling, filtering, packaging, and cleaning.
- Maintaining woods roads, access trails, tanks, pumps, releasers, and collection infrastructure.
- Using UTVs, hand tools, power tools, chain saws, and other farm or woods equipment.
- Supporting forest health, long-term sugarbush resiliency, and good land stewardship.
- Helping with packaging, cleaning, maintenance, and general production work as needed.
Experience Required –
- Maple tubing systems installation or commercial sugaring operations
- Knowledge of proper chainsaw use and safe woods work
- UTV, tractor, or equipment operation
- Problem Solving Skills
- Forestry experience or education, farming, landscaping, trail work, logging, or mechanical work
- Vacuum systems, pumps, plumbing, or basic electrical/mechanical troubleshooting
- Able to lift and carry 50 lbs
What We Are Looking For –
- Dependable and able to show up ready to work
- Willingness to adopt a flexible work schedule
- Comfortable working outdoors in all seasons and weather conditions
- Able to work independently and direct other staff when they are assisting the sugarhouse operation and woods work
- Safety-conscious around tools, equipment, terrain, and weather
- Physically able to walk uneven forest terrain and perform active outdoor work
- Interested in maple production, forests, agriculture, or hands-on mechanical work
- Motivated to expand the operation
Job Duration – Fall/Winter Sugar Bush preparation and Sugaring Season between Jan and April
Where to apply? – Please email us at farminfo@morsebrookfarm.com a description of your work experience. A formal resume is preferred but not required. Or mail a the description to
Morse Brook Farm
226 Kurkul Rd
Westminster, VT 05346
Tell us:
- What kind of outdoor, farm, forestry, maple, equipment, or mechanical experience you have.
- When you would be available to start.
- Why this kind of work interest