Today we visit with Eric Lively and brother Joe Lively at Sunrise Farm in Colrain, Mass. as they demonstrate their extremely efficient EcoVap electric evaporator, made by Dominion & Grimm. “We used only $4 in fuel to make 22 gallons,” Lively said. He said the unconventional rig, which captures steam and recirculates it, raised a few eyebrows with other sugarmakers in this traditional sugaring area in the Berkshires. “Some of the neighbors were giving us funny looks,” Lively said. "When we first got it, I wondered ‘What have we gotten ourselves into?’ Now I wish we’d gotten it sooner.”
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