How We Got Started

Tyler Jepson started his maple career after he spent a season working at a sugarbush in Jackman, Maine, while attending Unity College for Conservation Law Enforcement. After that season, Tyler, back at college, was contacted by Kevin and Shelley Bacon, owners of Bacon Farm Maple Products in Sidney, Maine, to work for them. Under their instruction, Tyler learned day to day operations of a large maple operation that includes over 4,000 taps. The Bacons also taught Tyler how to design, install, and maintain the elaborate systems that collect tree sap. After college graduation, during the 2018-19 season, Tyler was able to use these skills to install maple tubing for Bacon Farm’s clients across the entire state of Maine. In late 2019, Tyler set up operations for Jepson Maple in Hodgdon, Maine, where he is now a federal police officer in addition to running his own maple business. Tyler works alongside Bacon Farm Maple Products in designing, installing, and maintaining maple syrup operations all over Maine. Due to Tyler's busy work schedule, Jepson Maple is now managed by the love of Tyler's life, his fiancée Caitlin, who he had met at Unity College. Since Tyler has devoted his life to protecting others with his full-time job, and his free time to his maple business, our company’s slogan is “to protect and syrup”