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Tim Sternitzky, known as The Maple Dude, sells all sorts of maple-syrup products in his store by the same name near Granton, Wisconsin.
A jug of syrup proclaims The Maple Dude motto, 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Sappiness.'
Tim Sternitzky, maple-syrup producer, inspects vacuum tubing in woods on his home farm in Clark County, Wisconsin.
In addition to maple syrup, The Maple Dude produces maple cream, which spreads like cream cheese, and maple sugar.
Maple cotton candy is one sweet product made by The Maple Dude.
Tim Sternitzky fills many orders for maple-syrup equipment and supplies from The Maple Dude. Half his shop is filled with consumer food products, while the other half offers items needed by fellow maple-syrup producers.
The Maple Dude store and maple-syrup processing center Tim Sternitzky owns next door to his home farm near Granton, Wisconsin, features barn wood and other materials from an old granary on the farm.
Tim Sternitzky sells bison products in his maple-products store, from his 40-head herd.
Theresa Baroun of DePere, Wisconsin, is the executive director of the Wisconsin Maple Syrup Producers Association; she produces syrup at Maple Sweet Dairy.
Maple-coated almonds are an all-natural snack, says Tim Sternitzky, a Granton, Wisconsin, maple-syrup producer.
GRANTON, Wis. – Tim Sternitzky isn’t solely a maple-syrup producer. He’s “The Maple Dude.” His motto is, “the pursuit of life, liberty and sappiness.”
Jane Fyksen writes about crops, dairy, livestock and many other agricultural topics; she is the crops editor for Agri-View based in Wisconsin. Email Jfyksen@madison.com for more information.
What: Open House
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 23 and 24
Where: W1417 U.S. Highway 10, Granton, Wisconsin
More information: www.themapledude.com or 715-571-3329
People can see syrup made and sample products during the open house. A freezer and cooler in the store are always stocked with bison summer sausage, snack sticks, jerky, hamburger, steaks and more, all made at Hewitt’s Meat Processing of Marshfield. Grass-fed bison can also be ordered online.
A herd of 40 bison is kept at the Sternitzky family farm. Bison are easy keepers, Tim Sternitzky says, calving on their own and grazing through winter’s snow, oblivious to the cold.
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