Wholesale

Interested in Ordering Wholesale For Your Restaurant, School, or Business? We currently offer free personal delivery of wholesale orders throughout Berkshire County. Most businesses receive their delivery monthly, but individual arrangements are made. We also ship and deliver wholesale orders outside Berkshire County but shipping and/or delivery charges may apply. If you are interested in having a wholesale account with us, please inquire through the form below for details.

If you are not currently using pure maple syrup or local maple syrup in your business, here are a few reasons to consider using Ioka Valley Farm Maple Syrup:

Local farmers who sell direct to consumers cut out the middleman and the cost of a distributor or broker which helps farm families stay on their land. Ioka Valley Farm supports three families and employs over 25 part-time and seasonal employees.

When you buy direct from a farmer, you’re engaging in a time-honored connection between eater and grower. Knowing farmers gives you insight into the seasons, the land, and your food. In many cases, it gives you access to a place where your children and grandchildren can go to learn about nature and agriculture.

When farmers get paid more for their products by marketing locally, they’re less likely to sell farmland for development. When you buy locally grown food, you’re doing something proactive to preserve our working landscape. That landscape is an essential ingredient to other economic activity in the state, such as tourism and recreation. Ioka Valley Farm preserves over 500 acres of land in the Beautiful Berkshires.

According to several studies by the American Farmland Trust, farms contribute more in taxes that they require in services, whereas most development contributes less in taxes than the cost of required services. Cows don’t go to school, maple trees don’t dial 911.

By supporting local farmers today, you are helping to ensure that there will be farms in your community tomorrow. That is a matter of importance for food security, especially in light of an uncertain energy future and our current reliance on fossil fuels to produce, package, distribute. and store food. (Source: Ten Reasons to Buy Local Food by Vern Grubinger, Vegetable and Berry Specialist, University of Vermont Extension.)

Well-managed farms provide ecosystem services: they conserve fertile soil, protect water sources, and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. The farm environment is a patchwork of fields, meadows, woods, ponds, and buildings that provide habitat for wildlife in our communities. Ioka Valley Farm has received awards for their soil conservation and sustainable practices.

The findings are significant that not only is pure maple syrup the most delicious way to sweeten, it is a very healthy alternative sweetener.