Lilley speaks with Centralmaine.com about Maine Maple Sunday
Jason Lilley, the sustainable agriculture and maple professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed for Centralmaine.com about the return of Maine Maple Sunday. Lilley said that the state’s 500-plus licensed producers were left reeling in March 2020 when the pandemic began, particularly due to the cancellation of the annual Maine Maple Sunday celebration that year. “Maine Maple Sunday is the weekend that many of our small- and medium-scale producers sell the majority of their crop,” Lilley said. “To have that just completely disappear, and really within a week or so of the event itself, caused a lot of uncertainty and a lot of stress.”