Written by David Jonah, Pleasant Vale, Local Writer & Agriculture Enthusiast
Submitted by Megan Mace, Coordinator, Foods of the Fundy Valley
foodsofthefundyvalley.ca & www.facebook.com/FoodsOfTheFundyValley
Every year on the third Sunday of August, at the annual historic Pleasant Vale United Church commemorative memorial service, now in its 154th year, organizer Dennis Shaffer rewards the minister and choir for their participation with a special gift bag of local Maple Sugar products.
The annual gift bag includes his Shaffer Maple products, plus those of the remaining hobbyist Maple Sugar producers in Pleasant Vale, David and Maureen Stevenson, and Bruce Steeves.
The story of how this 23-year-retired former manager of Respiratory Therapy Services at Horizon-Moncton Hospital crafts raw sap into sweet products is an inspiring tale of the Shaffer family's generational legacy and Albert County's agricultural traditions.
For Dennis, his retirement focus on maple production is an all-encompassing hobby that not only anchors his children and grandchildren to their family's history, but also emotionally connects his family to his father and grandfather.
Submitted by Megan Mace, Coordinator, Foods of the Fundy Valley
foodsofthefundyvalley.ca & www.facebook.com/FoodsOfTheFundyValley
Every year on the third Sunday of August, at the annual historic Pleasant Vale United Church commemorative memorial service, now in its 154th year, organizer Dennis Shaffer rewards the minister and choir for their participation with a special gift bag of local Maple Sugar products.
The annual gift bag includes his Shaffer Maple products, plus those of the remaining hobbyist Maple Sugar producers in Pleasant Vale, David and Maureen Stevenson, and Bruce Steeves.
The story of how this 23-year-retired former manager of Respiratory Therapy Services at Horizon-Moncton Hospital crafts raw sap into sweet products is an inspiring tale of the Shaffer family's generational legacy and Albert County's agricultural traditions.
For Dennis, his retirement focus on maple production is an all-encompassing hobby that not only anchors his children and grandchildren to their family's history, but also emotionally connects his family to his father and grandfather.
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